Amelia Bedelia series

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.

Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready.

Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

Amelia Bedelia introduces Mr. and Mrs. Rogers to the members of her family, all of whom are described with Amelia's literal outlook.

From the time she is sent to pick up the guest conductor, Amelia Bedelia's normal confusion causes quite an uproar at the school concert.

When the literal-minded Amelia Bedelia helps out at her doctor's office one busy day, nothing seems to go quite right until Amelia begins to treat the impatient patients.

Amelia Bedelia tries to help Mr. and Mrs. Rogers with their Halloween party.

When Amelia Bedelia babysits for the Hardy family, she becomes involved in some unexpected remodeling of their house.

When Amelia Bedelia volunteers to fill in as director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play, she misunderstands everything from one girl's desire to play a big role to an opening night wish that she "break a leg," but all is well in the end.

Amelia Bedelia, the literal-minded housekeeper, takes a vacation at her Uncle Buck's dude ranch.