RE-POST REVIEW:

Do you know who I'm talking about?

Amelia Bedelia: the one who puts sponges in sponge cake and calendar dates in date cake.

I've read a few of the "old" stories (written by Peggy Parish) to my kids and the older girls (ages 6 and 7) just loved them. So when we were offered a copy of Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School to review I jumped at the chance.

I loved this story; my kids loved the pictures and the literal "translations". The colors are bright and attractive. Now that my older two are starting to read more everyday, I was encouraged to see them reading some of the words along with me.

The author, Herman Parish, is the original author's nephew! I love that about these books. Too often when there are "add on" books to old favorites there isn't the continuity that one might love; I believe this continuity has been kept.

The Wacky World of Amelia Bedelia is a great place at the HaperCollins website to play games and learn more about the main character and other fun stuff. My kids will be checking it out this week, I think. One of the fun things I did was send an Amelia Bedelia ecard to my kids Grandma.

The book was provided to me by the publisher for my review. The opinions here are all mine (and my kids).