Amelia Bedelia could hardly hold down a housekeeping job, but that didn’t stop her from running for mayor. Anybody with small kids or grandchildren is familiar with Amelia Bedelia — the ...

It’s been a half-century since Amelia Bedelia first bumbled into the Rogers’ household and dusted the furniture with dusting powder, put the lights out on the clothesline, and dressed the chicken in ...

The lovable children's book character has a new line of books. Jan. 29, 2013 — -- Possibly the most successful house maid in the world, the children's book character Amelia Bedelia, turns 50 ...

Children's author, Herman Parish, who writes about the cheerful, literal-minded young housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia, spent Monday at Reamstown Elementary School, through a grant from Cocalico Education ...

Amelia Bedelia was cleaning the lab. Dr. Strauss had written a list of things for her to do so that she wouldn’t forget. “Dust the microscopes,” she read. She looked everywhere, but the lab was very ...

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Amelia Bedelia fans will welcome her bumbling leap (in a good way) into a new chapter-book series. Although the character turns 50 in 2013, this book follows the literal-minded heroine’s exploits and ...

Peggy Parish, author of the original Amelia Bedelia books that tickle children with their literal translations and mischievous wordplay, shared a bit of the fictional housekeeper’s innocence in her ...

Today’s spunky Amelia Bedelia will one day grow up to be the hyper-literal maid who first appeared in the 1960s children’s book series by Peggy Parish. Peggy died in 1988, but her nephew, Herman, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The most popular baby names of 2025 have been released by the Mississippi State Department of Health, ...

The beloved, literal-minded housekeeper Amelia Bedelia is celebrating her golden anniversary Tuesday. Amelia Bedelia first paved her way onto bookshelves in 1963, and she's still entertaining children ...