Amelia Bedelia series

A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.

Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.

The very literal minded Amelia Bedelia becomes a substitute teacher for a day.

With warmth and laughter, Amelia Bedelia-the maid who takes everything literally-teaches young readers a critical, and often difficult, lesson: words can have many different meanings. Young listeners will find Amelia Bedelia a welcome splash of fun on the easy-reading shelf.

The literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos at her local library when she stops by to help the librarian.

Amelis Bedelia finds a stray kitten and tries, in her literal-minded way, to take good care of it.

Amelia Bedelia inadvertently enters a baking contest and goes from being a smart cookie to a fortune cookie.

Amelia Bedelia helps with the school newspaper -- to rave reviews.