Nothing very interesting at all,” Hirschman said in a 2013 interview, “ she was fascinating, so it was clear that there was something more to come. “She came in and she had sorts of terrible manuscripts about sweet little pussycats-talking pussycats, as I remember. Throughout her career Parish would go on to write over 30 books, 12 of which featured Miss Bedelia -but apparently, not all of her ideas were home runs. Her first book, Let’s Be Indians, was issued in 1962 by Harper and Row, under the guidance of editor Susan Hirschman. Parish was already a published author at that time when the first Amelia book was released in 1963. Amelia Bedelia was not author Peggy Parish’s first children’s book.
While you may be familiar with her creative take on household chores, here are a few things you may not know about Amelia Bedelia. Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish’s bumbling but beloved housekeeper, has been delighting children and adults alike since she debuted in 1963, and is now one of the most treasured children’s book characters of all time.
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