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Amelia Bedelia's First Valentine (2009)

by Herman Parish(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061544582 (ISBN13: 9780061544583)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Greenwillow Books

review 1: The illustrations were fine, but the story was horrible. I remember liking the original Amelia Bedelia books, but these younger Amelia books are beyond tedious. The figures of speech felt really forced. (Who still says "You're wearing your heart on your sleeve?" Ack.) But my biggest beef with this stupid book was that when reading out loud to your children, you're forced to say the characters entire stupid name every time. Has Herman every heard pronouns? Yes, the name has a fun sound. But not after you say it fourteen times on every page. AAAAUUUGHHH. I will be avoiding these books like the plague.
review 2: In this series by Herman Parrish, the nephew of Peggy Parish, creator of everyone's favorite maid, resurrects Amelia in her childhood, complete with her c... moreharacteristic penchant for interpreting words literally. In the original series, Amelia was an adult and the madcap situations required a higher level of comprehension. As a child, the humor is on a lower level, but that makes a good place to introduce the character to younger children. less

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