Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower (I Can Read, Level 2)阿米莉亚·贝迪利亚和惊喜的大雨

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peggy Parish（佩格·帕里什） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 1979-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780064440196
• 定价 34.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 64页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 I Can Read； Level 2

【内容简介】

She'sintroubleagain!

Fun-lovingAmeliaBedeliaisinchargeofasurpriseweddingshower.Andwhenshearriveswithagardenhose,theentirepartyisturnedintoanuproariousmess!

【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.