I took some time to chat with Herman Parish about the Amelia legacy and what’s next for the character. Also included are some of Fritz’s editorial illustrations, as well as a note about his iconic 1938 World War II poster, “Someone Talked!” The anniversary reissue closes with a look at Peggy’s and Fritz’s careers, as well as images of Fritz’s early dummies of the book, whose art was pre-separated. Various illustrators have brought Amelia to the page over the years, including Lynn Sweat and Lynne Avril. Her nephew, Herman Parish, has kept Amelia’s legacy alive in further tales.
Peggy went on to write 11 more books about Amelia. I recently read Greenwillow’s new 50 th anniversary edition of the 1963 story to a group of children, curious to see if they’d still take to it, and it was met with great laughter. Change the towels? Draw the drapes? Dress the chicken? Sure thing Amelia cuts holes in the towels, gets out her paper and pencil to sketch the curtains, and grooms the chicken, decking it all out in overalls and socks.įifty years later, children are still laughing over the ebullient Amelia-af indeed, not much seems to get her down-and her very literal mind. Given that she follows directions literally, things don’t go precisely as Mrs. Rogers, who have left her a list of chores. In her debut, it’s Amelia’s first day of work as a house maid for Mr. After sharing and discussing this with her editor, Susan Hirschman, the character Amelia Bedelia was born. Parish, who had spent years teaching, was inspired by her third grade students’ occasional frustrations in learning vocabulary. It was 50 years ago this year that Peggy Parish brought one of children’s literature’s most memorable characters to life in Amelia Bedelia, illustrated by Austrian émigré Fritz Siebel.
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