I don’t think I ever really had a choice of what my first textual memory would be. Of course people referred to me as Amelia Earhart too, but the fictional title character Amelia Bedelia was much more prominent. Her story began before mine in 1963 when author Peggy Parish published the first book about the literal-minded housekeeper. Parish passed in 1988, a little more than a decade before I was even born. I fear that Amelia Bedelia’s story would’ve faded in everyone’s mind and passed along with Peggy had it not been for her nephew, Herman Parish, who carried the stories on into my generation. He published his first book in 1995, just 2 years before I was born. It was almost as if it were meant for me to be introduced to the series and grow…show more content… This series made me laugh and gave me a headache at the same time because I was always stupefied by how much of a mess Amelia caused but still made people laugh and immensely enjoy her company. I believe that though the books were just a good laugh for readers there was still a few lessons to be learned from them all. The first being don’t take things so literal all the time. The second being don’t be so uptight and not see the funny or bright side of things. And the last being no matter how silly, annoying, or how crazy someone causes your life to be, no one or nothing can ruin a relationship that is whole-hearted and leaves a lasting impression on your life for the…show more content… As famous as the series is it is amusing how many people still spell my name wrong. Now that I’m older, I wonder if that series is where my love of reading in grade school stemmed from. It was the first series that I read every single book of and I continued to do the same with other series like The Boxcar Children. I am no longer an avid reader but being reminded of those books through this assignment and recently learning that there are more books in the series that I’ve never read may have sparked a change. It may be a little silly that reading a children’s book in my early 20’s will turn me back into a bookworm but it’s amazing how much power nostalgia can have on a
