Amelia Bedelia Means Business Paperback – January 29, 2013

This book was adorable. I would defiantly recommend it. The target reading level is around second to third grade. The book takes you on an exciting adventure with a little girl name Amelia Bedelia. She has just seen the most beautiful new bike ever and it belongs to her classmate. She looks at her own bike and realize how worn out it is. So together with your parents, they hatch a plan to get Amelia a new bike. But Amelia's parents want to teach her responsibility as well. They agree to pay for half and Amelia will pay for the other half. As the story goes on Amelia gets a job at a diner as a junior waitress. It does not go well. Then her parents suggest she start a lemonade stand, that too ends badly. Let's say it become quite lemony. Then she has all these lemons left over so she and her mom start baking, finally something that goes well. She makes some lemon tarts to give to the people she had trouble with, everything seemed to be going well. Then she and a friend get into a bike crash and their bikes are bent. The friend suggest they go to the bike shop and have them repaired. At the bike shop Amelia, see's a poster for a bike parade and the grand prize for the bike decorating contest is a new bike. So of course she enters and in keeping with the lemon theme. Her bike it decked out in lemon decor. For the parade, Amelia decided to make her tarts to pass out. That becomes quite the fiasco. As she riding in the parade, a bunch of dogs get whiff of her tarts and chase her to the front of the parade, causing a big mess. At the end the mayor, praises Amelia for her determination, even if things don't always go smooth.

If someone want to practice English, this book is perfect for them. Because the structure of sentences is very useful for helping logical thinking. I also recommend this book for adults who are English learners.

This book had my daughter and I laughing out loud! So cute, well-written and funny! Definitely recommend. It helped make my daughter more interested in reading. Thanks Amelia Bedelia!

I have been reading to third graders on a weekly basis for the past seven years. I am glad to be able to add this book to my readinglist. As my comment above suggests, I enjoy the humor and the play on words, although sometimes the humor may be lost on some of the students. I think most of the students identify readily with Amelia Bedelia and enjoy her exploits.

Great for kids

When my first grader (6 years old) requested her first chapter book I knew Amelia Bedelia would be perfect. The font is easy to read and the chapters are short. It is the perfect book for early readers wanting a challenge.

Such a good read! My six year old really enjoyed reading this one. Can't wait to read more of Amelia Bedelia adventures

Me parece súper fácil de leer para los niños, mi hija tiene 7 años y fue muy lindo leerlo