内容简介
AllintheFamilywhocouldbemorezanythanAmeliaBedelia,everyone'sfavoriteliteral-mindedhousekeeper?Herfamily,ofcourse!Meetthewackymembersofthisveryoriginalandentertainingfamily!
作者简介
ThelatePeggyParish,wellknownforherstoriesaboutAmeliaBedelia,wrotemanypopularbooksforchildren,includingDinosaurTime,illustratedbyArnoldLobel."Ihatereadingbutyourbooksarechangingmyopinion."Thisletter,fromayoungPeggyParishfan,comesasnosurprisetotheteachersandlibrarianswhohaveputherbooksinthehandsofchildrenovertheyears.Ms.Parishwrotenearlythreedozenchildren'sbooks-manyofwhichincludehermostfamouscharacter,theliteral-mindedmaidnamedAmeliaBedelia.PeggyParishknewwhatchildrenliketoread.AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofSouthCarolinawithadegreeinEnglish,shetaughtschoolinOklahoma,Kentucky,and,forover15years,atthewell-known,progressiveDaltonSchoolinNewYorkCity.ItwasatDaltonthatshebegantofindwaystoreleasehercreativeideasandenergy,Thoughshenevertookawritingcourse,"writingstoriesforchildrencamenaturally."Herfirstbook,publishedin1961,wasfollowedwithLet'sBeIndiansandin1963withherunforgettableAmeliaBedelia.Alwaysinvolvedwitheducationinsomeway,PeggyParishdidtelevisionpiecesonpreschooleducationandchildren'sbooks,wrotechildren's-bookreviewcolumns,andlednumerousin-servicetrainingworkshopsforteachers.Indiscussingherideasabouteducation,shesaid,"Children'srightsaretakenawayfromthemwhentheyenterschool.WhatItrytoshowteachersisthatalltheskillsneededtoreadcanbetaughtoutsideoftextbooks.Today'schildrenarenotgoingtoreadwhattheyarenotinterestedin.Andifapositiveattitudetowardreadingisnotdevelopedduringthefirstthreeyearsofschool,itisvirtuallyimpossibletodevelopitlater."AfterlivinginNewYorkformanyyears,PeggyParishreturnedtohernativeSouthCarolina.ShediedinNovember,1988.ButAmeilaBedeliadidnotdie.PeggyParish'snephew,HermanParish,haswrittenGoodDriving,AmeliaBedeliaandBravo,AmeliaBedelia!,publishedbyGreenwillowBooksin1995and1997respectively.
