Peggy Parish
Margaret Cecile "Peggy" Parish was an American writer known best for the children's book series and fictional character Amelia Bedelia. Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina, attended the University of South Carolina, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She worked as a teacher in both English and creative dancing in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and in New York. She taught at the Dalton School in Manhattan for 15 years and published her first children's book while teaching third grade there. She authored over 30 books, which had sold 7 million copies at the time of her death.
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📖 Books
Good Hunting, Blue Sky
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1989
Amelia Bedelia's Family Album
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1988
Scruffy
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1988
Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
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1986
Amelia Bedelia goes camping
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1985
Cats Burglar
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1983
No More Monsters for Me!
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1981
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby
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1981
Be Ready at Eight
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1979
Mystery of Hermit Dan
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1977
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
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1977
Good Work, Amelia Bedelia
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1976
Too many rabbits
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1974
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
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1972
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia
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1971
Ootah's Lucky Day
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1970
Granny and the desperadoes
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1970
Amelia Bedelia and the Shower Surprise
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1966
Thank You, Amelia Bedelia
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1964
Willy is my brother
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1963
Amelia Bedelia
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1963