Product Description

Funny bones

The doctor is out! But Amelia Bedelia is ready to help a crowd of grouchy patients. Along the way she doses out some of the best medicine of all -- laughter, of course!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32718 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-26
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .18" h x 5.52" w x 8.44" l, .22 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

From Publishers Weekly
"I hear a ringing in my ears." "A ringing? Maybe you should answer the doorbell." The inimitable housekeeper helps out at the doctor's office and stirs up trouble in Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, illus. by Lynn Sweat, the fourth title penned by Peggy Parish's nephew. Ages 5-up.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Grade 1-2-Parish continues the series in the wacky tradition of his aunt, Peggy Parish. Dropping by her doctor's office on a busy day, Amelia Bedelia is asked by the nurse to help out until the doctor returns from the hospital. The literal-minded maid winds up fielding phone calls from patients, infuriating one and all as she interprets their symptoms incorrectly. Finally, the doctor arrives to find her office full of irate patients. Amelia Bedelia saves the day by treating everyone to ice cream. A realistic situation? Of course not. It's just another romp with the world's most clueless domestic. As always, Sweat's color drawings perfectly capture the wild goings-on. A lively addition to the series.
Lisa Smith, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
PreS.-Gr. 2. Carrying on the series tradition of loony literalism, this volume tells of the mishaps that occur when Amelia Bedelia helps out at the doctor's office. As she answers the phone and tends to the children, her mistakes and misunderstandings entertain some patients and infuriate others. She wins everyone over, though, by treating the patients to ice cream. The jokes and puns have the broadness of vaudeville humor but are innocent enough for the stage of an elementary school auditorium. Well-attuned to the text, Sweat's cheerful ink-and-watercolor illustrations heighten the fun. Good fare for young readers old enough to catch the jokes. Carolyn Phelan
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