Amelia Bedelia Is for the Birds (I Can Read Level 1) - Hardcover

Parish, Herman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062334255 ISBN 13: 9780062334251

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2015

Synopsis

Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia! The Amelia Bedelia books are great for growing the vocabularies of newly independent readers. Amelia Bedelia Is for the Birds is a funny story about nature, friendship, and family, and it stars Amelia Bedelia as a young girl. More than 35 million Amelia Bedelia books sold since 1963.When a pair of robins begins building a nest in Amelia Bedelia's swing set, she is torn between wanting to clear it off so that she can continue to slide down her slide, and giving up that fun so she can watch the birds raising their babies. She sides with the birds, and observing them informs her about her own family. This is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences, and features the childhood of America's favorite housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia!

About this title

Review:

"No child can resist Amelia [Bedelia] and her literal trips through the minefield of the English language--and no adult can fail to notice that she's usually right when she's wrong."--New York Times Book Review

"Amelia [Bedelia] wears her new picture-book format well...[it] works beautifully as a new way to encounter the gaffe-prone gal."--Booklist

From the Back Cover:

Amelia Bedelia loves her swing set. So one day, when she spots two birds building a nest on top of her slide, she is annoyed. How is she supposed to slide and have fun when there is a messy pile of twigs and grass in the way?

Amelia Bedelia's mother tells her to let the birds be--after all, how often do you get to see two robins build a nest, lay their eggs, and raise a family in your very own backyard? Amelia Bedelia's father lends her his binoculars so she can get a bird's-eye view of the action, and soon Amelia Bedelia is an expert birder and observer. Is she for the birds? Well, yes. And no--as beginning readers will discover in this funny and easy-to-read story about families.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062334255
• ISBN 13: 9780062334251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Avril Lynne