Title: Amelia Bedelia Talks Turkey
Author: Herman Parish
Illustrator: Lynn Sweat
Genre: Humor, Series
Subgenre: Picture book
Theme: Thanksgiving, Vocabulary, Theatre, Following
directions
Primary & Secondary characters: Amelia Bedelia and
her third grade class
Date of publication: 2008
Publishing Company: Greenwillow Books/ Harper Collins
Summary: The Amelia Bedelia books are well known for her crazy
ideas and misinterpretations. Amelia Bedelia doesn’t do well at following
directions and gets herself into trouble more often than not. In this book, she
volunteers to fill in as director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play. She
misunderstands one girl's desire to play a big role to an opening night which leads
her to wearing a roll costume. Also, towards the end of the book when Amelia
Bedelia was told to "break a leg," she responded with “You must
really be mad at me, if you want me to break my leg.”
I would use this amusing book to read before my
students left for Thanksgiving break. The Thanksgiving theme is not only
fitting but will lead to further discussions of why it is important to follow
directions. Also, her books are great examples of how some words have more then one meaning. This books is perfect to engage the class by asking "What is being asked of Amelia Bedelia and what do you think she will really do?" Children love the humorous aspects
of these books. Amelia Bedelia books prove time and time again that reading can
be enjoyable not just a task!
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