Peggy Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of South Carolina. After graduation, she visited her brother in Kentucky, and was persuaded to try teaching. She began by teaching creative dancing to young children. Later, she moved to Oklahoma where she taught both third grade and dance, and she produced community shows. She then moved to New York and got a job teaching dance to third-graders in a progressive experimental school called the Dalton School in Manhattan.
At this time she also began writing. Her first published book, My Golden Book of Manners, was published in 1961, followed by Let's Be Indians (1962). She created her most famous character with the publication of Amelia Bedelia in 1963. She went on to write 11 more Amelia Bedelia books, as well as other children's books, mystery novels, and arts and crafts books. She also produced television pieces on preschool education and children's books, wrote book review columns and led a number of training workshops for teachers.
Sadly, Peggy died of an aneurysm on November 19, 1988. Her spirit, though, is very much alive, thanks in part to her loving nephew, Herman Parish. Even after her passing, Peggy still received fan mail from children. They wondered when the next Amelia Bedelia book would be available. Other children's authors volunteered to continue the series. But Herman did not want Amelia Bedelia to leave the family --- after all, he was in the fourth grade when Amelia Bedelia first appeared and he had literally grown up with her. So, with the blessing of his family, he picked up where his aunt left off and began writing a brand new Amelia Bedelia adventure.
She died suddenly in 1988 of a brain aneurysm. Her series Amelia Bedelia was continued by her nephew Herman Parish.
Born | 14 July 1927 |
Died | 19 November 1988 |
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Born | 14 July 1927 |
Died | 19 November 1988 |
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Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Humorous stories, Amelia-bedelia (fictitious character), fiction, Household employees, fiction, Amelia-Bedelia (Fictitious character), Juvenile literature, Children's stories, Humorous fiction, Handicraft, Detective and mystery stories, Girls, fiction, Household employees, Mystery and detective stories, Children: Grades 1-2, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Readers, Children's stories, American, Children: Grades 2-3, Chimpanzees, Indians, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Reader - Beginner, Picture booksPeople
Amelia-Bedelia (Fictitious character), Daniel Boone (1734-1820), Fictitious characters: Amelia Bedelia, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. RogersID Numbers
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