It said that Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia is the best book she has written. But the best reward was when a child wrote Peggy Parish a fan letter. I feel very lucky to be writing Amelia Bedelia books and continuing a family tradition. That helped make the transition from Peggy's books to mine as seamless as possible. I am fortunate that my editor, Susan Hirschman, and the illustrator, Lynn Sweat, had worked with Peggy on many Amelia Bedelia books. Naturally, the story needed revision, but the essence was captured in that all-night writing spree.
I was so focused on the story that I finished as the sun came up on Monday morning. I sat down around ten o'clock and began to write. I stockpiled these fragments in a folder until one Sunday night, with my family asleep, I decided that it was now or never. Whenever I heard them, I jotted them down: on napkins in restaurants, on my newspaper while riding the bus, and on agenda sheets in business meetings. I had been collecting ideas, homonyms, and expressions. It's amazing more people don't get confused-besides Amelia Bedelia! My first book, Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia, took me a year to think about and one night to write. I realized that everyday life overflows with idiomatic expressions, literalisms, and homophones. I reread the Amelia Bedelia stories to figure out what made them funny. I'd had experience in writing advertisements. My two sisters and my family were very supportive and encouraged me. So I decided to try to write a new Amelia Bedelia adventure. As I was in the fourth grade when she first appeared, I had literally grown up with her. I felt uneasy about Amelia Bedelia leaving our family. Then other children's authors wrote and volunteered to continue the series. They wondered when the next Amelia Bedelia book would be out. Although she passed away in 1988, Peggy still received fan mail from children.
Amelia Bedelia was created by my aunt, Peggy Parish. "In true Amelia Bedelia fashion, I backed into writing these books about the literal-minded housekeeper who children laugh at and love. She would be proud and delighted to know that with Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor and now Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia, her nephew is carrying on - for a new generation of readers - the tradition she began years ago. The lovable, literal-minded housekeeper has been a member of his family ever since. Herman Parish was in the fourth grade when his aunt, Peggy Parish, wrote the first book about Amelia Bedelia.
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