Her aunt, who taught in the New York City schools for 31 years, started collecting “Amelia Bedelia” books long ago. “My aunt came from Brooklyn,” Kuduk said. “She would sometimes act like Amelia Bedelia,” he told the kids.Īfter the assemblies, Jill Kuntz with two daughters who attend Makefield, introduced her aunt, Florence Kuduk, to Parish. His first book, “Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia,” was dedicated to his aunt. I go all over – Wisconsin, Chicago, Iowa.” (Add Lower Makefield Township to the list.) “I kind of lost track,” he said about the number of talks that he gives. When he’s not writing, Parish is out and about doing assemblies for children. Since her death, Herman Parish has added four new books to the “Amelia Bedelia” series including “Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia,” “Bravo, Amelia Bedelia!” and “Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor.” His fifth will come out soon.
Parish wrote nearly three dozen children’s books. Her first “Amelia Bedelia” book was published in 1963.
Her first book, “Let’s Be Indians,” was published in 1961. She taught English in Oklahoma, Kentucky and at the well-known progressive Dalton School in New York City. Herman Parish, with a head full of curly hair and a prominent bow tie, told stories about his eccentric aunt who moved from South Carolina to New York City in the 1950s.
Parish not only spoke during two assemblies, but had lunch with the faculty and was in the building all day. The author later sign the book, along with countless others. One little girl sat captivated in the front row, clasping her family’s heirloom copy of the very first “Amelia Bedelia” book written by Peggy Parrish. He told the kids that he wrote television commercials for big companies like Hallmark before taking on the role of children’s author. Parish, a former advertising writer, who now lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife and three children, visited Makefield School last week for two assemblies.
Amelia Bedelia thinks that “dust the furniture” means “put dust on the furniture.”Īmelia is the central character in a string of very successful children’s books begun by author Peggy Parish and now being written by her nephew, Herman Parish who picked up the gauntlet after his aunt died. Sayings often have a second meaning and Amelia Bedelia usually takes them the wrong way. She has a way with words, to put it mildly. And for generations, children have simply adored the comical character of Amelia Bedelia, the literary-minded housekeeper, who some people think is kind of wacky.
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