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Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book 2)

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When I was a kid, I wore Merry Christmas Amelia Bedelia out! I probably couldn't tell you much about the plot, but anybody who's ever read an Amelia Bedelia book knows that it's all about her doing everything wrong! The only thing that sticks with me is the picture of Amelia stuffing the Christmas stockings with turkey stuffing, which to this day I find hilarious. I don't know what it is about this one particular story, maybe it's because it's the only Amelia Bedelia book I ever read, but I love it just the same. I my mind, it ranks up there with Charlotte's Web and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; it's just one of those funny, timeless books that fed my lifelong passion for reading and writing.

I think that this is a good book for little kids. It is fun for them to read. When little kids read this they always laugh at how Amelia always makes mistakes. She always seems to do something wrong.

This book is really good for children of all ages. It shows you that you have to explain things in detail, because someone might take you literally. The writer is comical and serious at the ssame time which is a good combonation. This book also shows that you can mess up and things can still come out right.

Amelia Bedelia is the housekeeper for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. (I would say she's probably about 18?) She takes everything literally; doesn't understand figures of speech. Because of this, she gets into some very interesting situations. But she does have an incredible talent: cooking, because she follows directions verbatim.

In this particular book, Christmas is just around the corner. Amelia wants to know which corner. She is to make a date cake, so she literally makes a "date" cake with a cut-up calender. She is to stuff stockings, so she stuffs them with stuffing like you would a turkey. She is to greet someone with carols, so you can imagine what she did. That's all I'm telling you. You have to read this fantastic book for yourself.

I love Amelia Bedelia books. If you haven't been lucky enough to discover her, I recommend these books.

Amelia Bedelia is one of my favorite characters. Even though these are children's books, I find a bit of coziness in these books. I have loved Amelia Bedelia every since I discovered her (when my kids were little.)

I have loved the Amelia Bedelia books for decades, so now I'm passing them on to another generation of readers. Anyone who loves to play with the English language will appreciate all the Amelia Bedelia stories.

I found this the other day while looking through our stash of little kid books for something to read to the kids I babysit for. I hadn't seen it or (I almost hate to admit) thought about it in years, but I knew right away that it was the perfect holiday book to share with them. Amelia Bedelia has reigned as the children's Queen of Comedy for more than 40 years, and I doubt she'll be overthrown any time soon.

In this volume, our heroine helps Mrs. Rogers prepare for Christmas, but leaves the usual havoc in her wake. She trims the tree (literally), makes a date cake (with dates from the calendar), and stuffs the children's stockings (with real stuffing). Of course, everything works out in the end, but the process is quite an adventure.

Here's to Amelia Bedelia... Long may she bumble!

Good old Amelia Bedelia! When Christmas is just around the corner, she just has to figure out which one! How can such a simple world turn out to be so complicated for America's favorite young housekeeper?

Only hoping to follow directions to the T, Amelia makes a date cake using dates -- but not the fruit kind, the numbers cut from a calendar page! And stuffing stockings for the neighbor's children is sure to be an adventure that defies description!

Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia is sure to be a favorite for young readers, and a wonderful opportunity to enjoy learning the wonders of word play!

Highly recommended!

I have to admit I don't quite get Amelia Bedelia's charms, but after reading this book series to countless ESOL students over the years, I have to say, it works like a charm. They love it! I am talking about beginning students in middle school as well as young children. I think that because the students are learning English and we have so many ways of using words and terms, that they identify with Amelia Bedelia. She also goes farther than they would in making mistakes so it seems safer and Ok to admit those mistakes people make when trying to understand many idioms. I think the books have always been successful to me when students are at this reading level.