Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia

by Herman Parish

Book Overview

Learn to read with the classic Amelia Bedelia

Ever since Amelia Bedelia made her debut in 1963, young readers have been laughing out loud at the antics of this literal-minded but charming housekeeper.

The doctor is out But Amelia Bedelia is ready to help a crowd of grouchy patients. Along the way she doses out some of the best medicine of all -- laughter, of course

"No child can resist Amelia Bedelia] and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060014210
• ISBN13: 9780060014216
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Gift for my granddaughter

My granddaughter's name is Amelia and my husband wanted to get her a set of Amelia Bedelia books for her birthday.

Great for beginning readers

My daughter loves Amelia Bededelia stories, and she is quite excited to be able to read this one on her own.

Hilarious!

Ohhhh, brother! The worst HMO in the world wouldn't tolerate these shenanigans! Amelia Bedelia is "helping out" again, in that special way that only Amelia can! Just imagine our favorite literal-minded thinker in the wonderful world of medicine -- and there you have it! They say laughter is the best medicine, and Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia is guaranteed to cure whatever ails 'ya! Teens in the house were howling with laughter as they read it out loud to the younger kids. The whole family will enjoy this book. Highly recommended!

girls 6-10 will love this book

My granddaughter, age 8, loves this book. We bought her the whole series and she was thrilled.

I wish I could write like this!

Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, like all of his Amelia Bedelia books, is hysterically funny. Parish's use of expressions confuse Mr. Rogers' maid, Amelia Bedelia, throughout the entire story. Poor, silly, Amelia Bedelia never realizes how confused she really is. She takes everything anyone says literally, so when her boss Mr. Rogers says "jump in the car", she thinks that he actually means to sit in the car and jump. In this story, Amelia Bedelia goes to the doctor. However, when she gets there the nurse asks for Amelia Bedelia's help with the patients. A woman who calls the doctor's office to complain that she has "caught a bug" is told to "let it go" by Amelia Bedelia. She proceeds to tell a woman who has hives to bring some honey to the doctor's office. She looks at a bank's clock to take a patient's temperature and she tells a boy to draw his own blood onto a piece of blank paper. A boy says that he is at the office for a test and Amelia Bedelia tells him that he must go to school. No matter what Amelia Bedelia did for most of the book, she is a hit when she "treats" the patients to ice cream! This is not exactly what the nurse had in mind when she said to treat the patients, however, Amelia Bedelia comes out looking like a hero!Amelia Bedelia is entertaining to the adults who read this story to children because we have an even better sense of Amelia Bedelia's silliness. I love reading this story to my second graders and they love hearing it!