Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.

This book is about a girl named Amelia Bedelia. The Grizzlies team was sad because they need another team player for the game tomorrow. Amelia Bedelia agreed to help, yet she didn’t know much about the game. The team taught Amelia to bat. Amelia went home and found a uniform also she baked cookies. The next day the game started. Amelia took everything literally, like when they said to tag the other teammate. Amelia put tag sign on him. The team’s only hope in wining was Amelia’s next swing. Amelia Bedelia swing and run all the way home literally. The team won and went to Amelia’s house to thank her. She gave them all cookies.


I love baseball; therefore I enjoyed the book. A reason it could be considered contemporary realistic fiction is it could have happen. Amelia Bedelia is a funny character. I enjoyed reading her books as a child. She gets everything mixed up, which I like. I too get things mixed up.

In the class room, I could discuss how Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally and gets things confused. This book would be great in the spring when kids are playing ball. We could talk about professional baseball players. Older grades could look up historic players. ( )

Amelia is at it again confusing the meanings of words, this time on the baseball field with a team full of players. ( )

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Critique of Genre: This is an adorable example of realistic fiction because it has this lady who takes everything literally when she is given directions such as when she is told to "run home" during a baseball game she literally "runs home" or when she is told to "tag" a runner she runs to him and pins a price tag on him. She keeps you entertained from the first page to the last.
Media:pen and ink/colored pencil ( )

This book is about a confused maid that decides to play on a baseball because they are short one player. Everything they tell her to do she does wrong. For example, they told her to run home, she was going to head all the way home. They think they are going to lose, and they end up winning with her at bat, and bringing in all 3 men on base including herself.

I remember reading this book and enjoy Amelia Bedelia. I think that the students will find her funny, and enjoyable.

I think that one activity they could perform would be to write down phrases they know about baseball and then dicuss them in class. Another idea for an activity would have the students write out how they would describe the game of baseball to Amelia.