Customer Reviews

Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor (Book and Audio Tape Set)

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All of the Amelia Bedelia books are wonderful, past and present. Her nephew has done an outstanding job keeping up the memory of the true Amelia Bedelia. I hope he continues in his inspirational work.

This was an informative book which discussed the political system,the qualifications and requirements needed to be mayor. It used lots of political terms in a humorous manner. Backwards Amelia made learning the political sysytem interesting with the play on words. Note to teachers: This is a great tool to teach social studies and figurative language.A mock election could be done.

I grew up reading and loving the Amelia Bedelia books. It was a very sad day when Peggy Parish died.

It was an even sadder day when her nephew Herman Parish got it into his head to continue the series. His efforts are uninspired and forced. Amelia just seems dumb in his books. In the originals she was a sweet bumbler.

Definitely stick with the early books in the series!

I read this to my girls ages 9, 6, and 5. They are interested in the local election because a relative is running for office. So, I checked out books from the library related to elections and this was one of them. We are not very familiar with the Amelia Bedelia series. I knew it was popular, so I read it aloud, lively, expecting my kids would love it. But, they didn't. Not one laugh, snicker, or even a single sign that they realized these were puns. Nothing. I almost didn't finish it. As one reviewer said, Amelia almost seems stupid. If I had not read the other reviews here which state this Amelia is not like the original Amelia, I would never bother to read another in this series.

What a super way for young readers to learn about word play and get a bit of an introduction to the world of government!

Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor is a cute book in this amazing series of laugh-out-loud stories sure to whet your child's appetite for more reading!

Lots of fun here!

Kids that are learning to read enjoy plays on words and this book is full of plays on sayings. But not many first graders (7 year olds) are going be familiar with sayings like: "throw your hat in the ring" or "cut the red tape". Just explaining some of these sayings to a young child is a challenge. This isn't a good book to foster early reading comprehension. Instead try some of the first in the Amelia Bedelia series.

Aunt and nephew's works never appealed to me. In this silly installment, the well-fed Rogers continue giving Amelia instructions which she keeps taking literally. One such suggestion has her running for mayor and the results are worse than stupid. Too bad she didn't bake something for the mayor.

...because it's obvious this series has run its course. A real let-down