Amelia Bedelia Makes a Friend

Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia! Amelia Bedelia has been loved by readers for more than fifty years, and it turns out that her childhood is full of silly mix-ups, too!

The star of the bestselling picture book series now has her own Level 1 I Can Read books that will keep newly independent readers laughing, reading, and expanding their vocabularies.

When Amelia Bedelia’s neighbor and very best friend Jen moves away, Amelia Bedelia is sad. One day, a new neighbor moves in. But she isn’t anything at all like Jen. Or is she?

Amelia Bedelia discovers that friends come in all shapes and sizes, in this Level 1 I Can Read book about friendship that is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Friends are the best! Amelia Bedelia misses an old friend and makes a new friend in this funny story about friendship.

Praise for Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School: “Readers will giggle over Amelia Bedelia’s mishaps, and her genuine joie de vivre may assuage first-day fears.” - Publishers Weekly

“Amelia Bedelia wears her new picture-book format well . . . [it] works beautifully as a new way to encounter the gaffe-prone gal.” - ALA Booklist