Amelia Berdelia的女仆的搞笑故事。Amelia Berdelia经常误解她的雇主的指令，因此生出许多让她的雇主哭笑不得的帮倒忙的故事来。不过呢，即便Amelia Berdelia经常毛手毛脚，颠三倒四，有时候让她的雇主非常抓狂，但Amelia Berdelia总是能在每个故事的结尾，用她亲手烹饪的pie或cake让所有人的不快都烟消云散，从而也让每个故事在其乐融融的气氛中结尾。
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes her instructions quite literally. Reading the list of chores that her employer has left her, Amelia begins with "Dust the furniture." How odd, Amelia thinks to herself. "At my house we undust the furniture." Nonetheless, she dutifully locates the "Dusting Powder" in the bathroom, and proceeds to sprinkle it all over the living-room furniture and floor. Next she is asked to "Draw the drapes when the sun comes in." So of course, Amelia sits down with a sketchpad and gives it her best shot. Children love reading about the antics of silly Amelia Bedelia for myriad reasons. It's an early reader book, so children in primary grades can take satisfaction in reading the book on their own. But, even more thrilling, children who are 6 and older can successfully interpret the figurative meaning behind most adult idioms. Being told to "keep an eye on the cat," for example, might compel some preschoolers to stick their eyeballs on a cat's face, eliciting peals of laughter from know-it-all grownups. But older children know better, and they love the fact that they know better. Young readers will find this bumblingly charming, eager-to-please housekeeper as irresistible as Amelia Bedelia's employers do. (Ages 6 and older) --Gail Hudson
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