Peggy Parish
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Peggy Parish | |
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Born | Margaret Cecile Parish July 14, 1927 Manning, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 1988 Manning, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 61)
Alma mater | University of South Carolina |
Occupation | Writer |
Margaret Cecile "Peggy" Parish (July 14, 1927 – November 19, 1988) was an American writer known best for the children's book series and fictional character Amelia Bedelia. Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina, attended the University of South Carolina, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[1] She worked as a teacher in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and in New York. She taught at the Dalton School in Manhattan for 15 years and published her first children's book while teaching third grade there.[2] She authored over 30 books, which had sold 7 million copies at the time of her death.[2]
Parish's most well-known character,
Parish's nephew, Herman, honored Peggy's life in his book, Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia, by writing in its dedication: "For Peggy Parish, the real Amelia." Recalling Parish's method while working on Too Many Rabbits, Herman described how she wrote out her ideas on index cards, "and she’d deal out those cards like she was playing solitaire, and then pick them up, retype them, and rewrite everything many times. That was how she worked, and it gave me a lot of respect for her method."[3]
Selected works
- Littlest Raccoon (1961), illustrated by Claude Humbert
- Let's Be Indians (1962), illus. Arnold Lobel
- My Little Golden Book of Manners (1962), illus. Richard Scarry
- Good Hunting Little Indian (1963), illus. Leonard Weisgard
- Re-released and revised in 1991 as Good Hunting, Blue Sky with illustrations by James Watts
- Willy Is My Brother (1963), illus. Shirley Hughes
- The Golden Calendar: 1966 (1966), illus. Tibor Gergely
- Let's Be Early Settlers with Daniel Boone (1967), illus. Arnold Lobel
- Ootah's Lucky Day (1970), illus. Mamoru Funai
- Dinosaur Time (1974), illus. Arnold Lobel
- No More Monsters For Me! (1981), illus. Marc Simont
- Scruffy (1988), illus. Kelly Oechsli
Amelia Bedelia
Illustrated by Wallace Tripp, Fritz Siebel, Lynne Avril, Barbara Siebel Thomas or Lynn Sweat:
- Amelia Bedelia (1963) (Big Bright and Early Board Books)
- Thank You, Amelia Bedelia (1964)
- Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower (1966)
- Come Back, Amelia Bedelia (1971)
- Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia (1972)
- Good Work, Amelia Bedelia (1976)
- Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia (1977)
- Amelia Bedelia Helps Out (1979)
- Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (1981)
- Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping (1985)
- Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia (1986)
- Amelia Bedelia's Family Album (1988)
Liza, Bill & Jed mysteries
- Key to the Treasure (1966)
- Clues in the Woods (1968)
- The Haunted House (1971)
- Pirate Island Adventure (1975)
- The Mystery of Hermit Dan (1977)
- The Ghosts of Cougar Island (1986)
References
- ^ Harper Collins: About Peggy Parish
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ a b Lodge, Sally (2012-11-09). "Amelia Bedelia Turns 50". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
External links
- Peggy Parish at Find a Grave
- Peggy Parish at Library of Congress, with 70 library catalog records