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Come Back, Amelia Bedelia

by Peggy Parish · 1971

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Amelia Bedelia gets in trouble by doing exactly what she is told. When Mrs Rogers asks for cereal with her coffee, Amelia puts cereal in the coffee and gets fired. Wherever Amelia tries - beauty shop, dress shop, doctor's office - she gets mixed up. Can she do anything well?

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
nostalgianostalgiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 64 pages

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