Amelia Bedelia.

PARISH, Peggy; Illustrated by Fritz Siebel.

Item Number: 4303

New York: Harper & Row, 1963.

First edition. Octavo, original paper boards. Inscribed by the author, “For Elaine Percival- With best Amelia Bedelia wishes- Peggy Parish.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with very light shelfwear to the extremities.

"When children first become independent readers, humor is an important ingredient for them, and Peggy Parish is one of the authors to whom they turnAmelia Bedelia, that wacky literal-minded housekeeper, constantly misinterprets instructions in the dozen or so books about her Parish seems to know exactly what will tickle children as she plays with the ambiguities of the English language" (Silvey, 504).