Amelia Bedelia & Friends Beat the Clock
By Herman Parish and Lynne Avril
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The first book in a new arc in the New York Times–bestselling Amelia Bedelia chapter book series featuring young Amelia Bedelia and her friends!
It’s a piece of cake!
Amelia Bedelia + Good Friends = Super Fun Stories to Read and Share
The big day is finally here—Amelia Bedelia’s school, Oak Tree Elementary, is 100 years old, and the whole town is throwing a party. Best of all, a secret time capsule that has been buried for an entire century will finally be dug up and opened! Amelia Bedelia and her friends have some guesses about what they’ll find. Are they right? Or is everyone in for a big surprise?
A funny chapter book series about friendship perfect for fans of Ivy + Bean and Clementine. The Amelia Bedelia books have sold more than 35 million copies since we first met the iconic character in 1963! Includes “Two Ways to Say It,” Amelia Bedelia’s guide to the idioms used in the story. Illustrated in black and white throughout.
Herman Parish
Herman Parish was in the fourth grade when his aunt, Peggy Parish, wrote the first book about Amelia Bedelia. The author lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Amelia Bedelia & Friends Beat the Clock - Herman Parish
Crunch! CRUNCH!! KAY-RUNCH!!!
Amelia Bedelia’s feet were talking to her. They were saying that she was walking under a giant oak tree laden with acorns. She closed her eyes and kept walking, listening to acorns being crushed under her sneakers with every step she took.
CRUNcrunch! CrUNch! K-K-runch!
Amelia Bedelia imagined that if acorns could talk, they were probably saying Welcome to Oak Tree Elementary!
The oak tree in front of her school was as old as it was enormous. Its leaves were just beginning to turn brown, a dusty brown that made the whole tree look like it had been sprinkled with cocoa powder.
BOO!!!
hollered Clay. Amelia Bedelia jumped and opened her eyes. Her friend Clay had snuck up behind her.
You look like you’re sleepwalking,
said Clay, laughing.
Who can sleep through this racket?
said Amelia Bedelia. She jumped into the air and landed CRUNCH! K-K-RUNCH on some acorns. Clay covered his ears with his hands.
This tree is making acorns like that’s its job,
said Clay.
"Well, I guess making acorns is its job, said Amelia Bedelia.
This tree doesn’t have to practice the piano or learn how to speak Spanish or memorize multiplication tables or do word problems. The only thing our oak tree has to do is make acorns."
It’s doing an awesome job of that,
said Clay. There are millions of them!
Right!
said Amelia Bedelia. Like our school motto says . . .
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow!
chanted Amelia Bedelia and Clay together.
They said good morning to Ms. Hotchkiss and Mrs. Roman as they passed the school office. Ms. Hotchkiss was the principal, but Mrs. Roman, her assistant, really ran the school. Everyone knew that, even Ms. Hotchkiss.
I like your necklace, Mrs. Roman,
said Clay.
Thank you, Clay. You’re very thoughtful,
said Mrs. Roman, smiling.
Clay whispered to Amelia Bedelia. I always give Mrs. Roman a compliment. You never want to be on her bad side.
Amelia Bedelia turned around to look at Mrs. Roman. Her left side looked the same as her right side. Amelia Bedelia did not see a bad side. She was about to ask Clay what he meant when Mrs. Shauk greeted them at the door to their classroom.
How nice of you two to honor us with your presence,
said Mrs. Shauk. She watched them take their seats, living up to her unofficial nickname—the Hawk.
A second later, Ms. Hotchkiss read the morning announcements over the intercom. Good morning, everyone! This is a reminder that next week we will be celebrating the one hundredth birthday of Oak Tree Elementary, so get ready! There will be lots of food and fun—and music, games, and activities for all. Make sure you thank your parents and teachers for all the work they have put into making this event a success!
Ms. Hotchkiss passed the microphone to Mrs. Roman. Mrs. Roman was in charge of finding out trivia about the school to build interest for the hundredth-birthday celebration. Here is today’s fun fact about Oak Tree Elementary,
said Mrs. Roman. "Did you know that it