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Peggy Parish was a third grade teacher and wrote her first Amelia Bedelia book in 1966. It was so well received that she wrote 11 additional titles. After she died in 1988, the letters from children kept coming, asking when the next Amelia book would be published. Many authors wanted to pick up the series, but her nephew, Herman Parish, decided to keep Amelia Bedelia in the family. Before writing his first book, he re-read all the previous books to discover what made them so charming. His first installment was Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia, which carries on the bumbling, but good natured tradition that his aunt started almost 40 years ago. He has since written 5 additions to the series.

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