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Peggy Parish

14 July 1927 - 19 November 1988

Peggy Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of South Carolina. After graduation, she visited her brother in Kentucky, and was persuaded to try teaching. She began by teaching creative dancing to young children. Later she moved to Oklahoma where she taught both third grade and dance, and she produced community shows. She then moved to New York and got a job teaching dance to third-graders in a progressive experimental school called the Dalton School in Manhattan.

At this time she also began writing. Her first published book, My Golden Book of Manners, was published in 1961, followed by Let's Be Indians (1962). She created her most famous character with the publication of Amelia Bedelia in 1963. She went on to write 11 more Amelia Bedelia books, as well as other children's books, mystery novels, and arts and crafts books. She also produced television pieces on preschool education and children's books, wrote book review columns and led a number of training workshops for teachers.

She died suddenly in 1988 of a brain aneurysm. Her series Amelia Bedelia was continued by her nephew Herman Parish.

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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia Hits the Trail

    First published in 2015 1 edition
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    First published in 2012 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2009 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A heaping helping of Amelia Bedelia

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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia Returns: Vol. Two

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  • Cover of: Good Work, Amelia Bedelia

    First published in 2004 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia: 40th Anniversary Collection

    First published in 2003 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia Audio Collection

    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: "You're the best, Amelia Bedelia!"

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia's Treasury

    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Amelia Bedelia treasury

    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ameliabedeliatre00pari
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia-4 Vol. Boxed Set

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The adventures of Amelia Bedelia

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia and Her Wacky World: Amelia Bedelia and the Baby, Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping, Amelia Bedelia Helps Out, Good Work Amelia Bedilia

    First published in 1990 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Good hunting, Blue Sky

    First published in 1989 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition goodhuntingblues0000pegg_a8o5 Cover of edition goodhuntingblues0000pegg Cover of edition goodhuntingblues00pari
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia's Birthday Package

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Amelia Bedelia's family album

    First published in 1988 14 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition ameliabedeliasfa00pegg Cover of edition ameliabedeliasfa00pegg_0 Cover of edition ameliabedeliasfa00pari
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  • Cover of: Scruffy (I Can Read Book 2)

    First published in 1988 7 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition scruffy0000pari Cover of edition scruffypari00pari Cover of edition scruffypari00pari
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    First published in 1986 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Humorous stories, Amelia-bedelia (fictitious character), fiction, Household employees, fiction, Amelia-Bedelia (Fictitious character), Juvenile literature, Children's stories, Humorous fiction, Handicraft, Detective and mystery stories, Girls, fiction, Household employees, Mystery and detective stories, Children: Grades 1-2, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Readers, Children's stories, American, Children: Grades 2-3, Chimpanzees, Indians, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Reader - Beginner, Picture books
People
Amelia-Bedelia (Fictitious character), Daniel Boone (1734-1820), Fictitious characters: Amelia Bedelia, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. Rogers
Time
1950-, 1985

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April 11, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney Edited without comment.
March 19, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import