User:Ljw61/Amelia Bedelia/Bibliography

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Bibliography

This is where you will compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

• Blackwood, Sarah. "The Secret Rebellion of Amelia Bedelia, the Bartleby of Domestic Work." The New Yorker. Jun 10, 2019. Print.^[1]

This article analyzes Amelia Bedelia's character and what she says about domestic rebellion and "girl power." I'll include this in my analysis section but in a separate paragraph from my sources on reading comprehension/language acquisition.

• Macpherson, Karen. "Children's Corner: Celebrating 50 Years of Amelia Bedelia." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Mar 25, 2013. Print.^[2]

The Wikipedia article's current "References" section has some faulty links. I'll use this source to update the fourth link in the "Ref" section. I will also make a bit more use of this source by using it for a new "Reception" section that talks specifically about how popular the book was/is (because this talks about how big its 50th anniversary was).

• Parish, Herman. "A Teaching Guide to the Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books." https://www.ameliabedeliabooks.com/activities/amelia-bedelia-chapter-book-series-teaching-guide.^[3]

This source is a "Teaching Guide to the Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books." I will use the information in this guide to reference when discussing how Amelia Bedelia's play on words can be helpful in lessons on language and word play.

• Rullo, Gina. "Happy Birthday, Amelia Bedelia! A Q&A with Author, Herman Parish." 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130524071530/http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/03/25/happy-birthday-amelia-bedelia-a-qa-with-author-herman-parish/.^[4]

Similar to the other faulty link in the "References" section, I'll use this source to update the faulty link for the fifth source in the references section. I will also use some of the information in this article for the Analysis section-- specifically where it talks about why Peggy Parish thought Amelia Bedelia would be a good type of book for kids to read.

• Srinivasan, Mahesh, and David Barner. "The Amelia Bedelia Effect: World Knowledge and the Goal Bias in Language Acquisition." Cognition 128.3 (2013): 431-50. Web.^[5]

This is another source that I will use in my "Analysis" section when discussing how Amelia Bedelia helps with children's language acquisition. This source can be referenced as an introduction to what language acquisition constitutes and then I can use it combined with other sources directly in reference to examples of word play in Amelia Bedelia.

• Stevens, Heidi. "Amelia Bedelia has Her Own Way with Words." McClatchy - Tribune Business News, Feb 09 2013, ProQuest. Web. 19 Apr. 2022.^[6]

This source is an interview with Herman Parish (the author, Peggy Parish’s nephew). I’m planning on referencing this in my analysis section because in the interview Herman talks a bit about Amelia Bedelia’s character and the impression her innocence in real world situations and imaginativeness has on kids.

• "Welcome to the World of Amelia Bedelia ." Amelia Bedelia Books. Web. Apr 11, 2022 <https://www.ameliabedeliabooks.com/>.^[7]

This source is one I will most likely reference in the lead of my article when discussing Amelia Bedelia and its authors/illustrators.

• Wolchock, Carol. "In the Classroom: Interpreting Idioms." The Reading Teacher 43.8 (1990): 614. ProQuest Central, Research Library. Web.^[8]

I will use this reference as another example supporting the claim(s) made in other sources that Amelia Bedelia is good for language acquisition-- specifically, learning idioms.

• Wood, Eve. "Using Amelia Bedelia Books to Teach Figurative and Literal Meanings." School Library Monthly 15.2 (1998): 11-2. Web.^[9]

This source provides an in-class exercise for students on Amelia Bedelia. I will use this source in my Analysis section when discussing the importance of Amelia Bedelia in children's language acquisition-- specifically, in regards to differentiating figurative and literal meanings of words and/or phrases.

• Zipke, Marcy, Linnea C. Ehri, and Helen Smith Cairns. "Using Semantic Ambiguity Instruction to Improve Third Graders' Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Comprehension: An Experimental Study." Reading Research Quarterly 44.3 (2009): 300-21. Web.^[10]

This source looks at metalinguistic awareness when it comes to reading comprehension amongst 3rd graders. I will reference this source in my "Analysis" section because it discusses how the book helps with reading comprehension. I will also use it to discuss how Amelia Bedelia can help children distinguish between literal and figurative meanings of words (which another one of my sources discusses).

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