Amelia Bedelia Bakes Off

This is an adorable short chapter book on how easy it is to get sentences mixed up. Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally, not figuratively. When her boss called her a "smart cookie" she was confused, asking if cookies are really smart. She then proceeded to bake for a baking competition, and she started out with a "sheet cake", which is a type of cake, but she took it literally and made a sheet cake, but she was so tired that she turned it into an entire bed cake. Amelia Bedelia is always getting things so confused, and that is what makes her so unbelievably adorable and relatable.
Genre: Fantasy

This book is really funny and entertaining. I think it does a great job at teaching kids about figures of speech and can spark conversation in the classroom.

Amelia Bedelia is at it again! Amelia and her cousin fill in at a bakery, but as usual Amelia performs the owner’s instructions literally. On top of running the bakery Amelia must bake her cake for the cake competition. Will her mishaps prevent her from entering the contest? Beginning readers will enjoy the outrageous activities Amelia does and the use of familiar vocabulary in this I Can Read Book. Its hand-drawn illustrations will help readers understand the mistakes Amelia makes. Long-time Amelia Bedelia fans might be disappointed to learn that this book is written by Herman Parish who is the original author's nephew. An amusing easy reader for ages 5-8. Recommended.

A fun story with wonderful plays on words that will both engage the early reader and lead to good discussions about how words change meaning depending on context.

This book was very interesting. The book has a goofy and comical feel because Amelia takes everything so literally. This shows the readers that the language of the books are pattered and descriptive because the author always explains each thing that the characters in the book says. I love the main character of the book, Amelia. Amelia is very silly and interesting because she never knows what to do and always takes everything so seriously. Readers can believe her though because many things that she does could be taken literally and readers could have done the same thing! There were not many pictures since it was an easy to read level 2 chapter book but the illustrations that were in the book did enhance the story because it gave a show more visual of what Amelia was thinking that she had to do or did to when she was told something. There was no clear moral to the story other than Amelia not having to take things so literally, and getting herself into trouble. show less

Amelia visits her friends, Mr. And Mrs. Rogers. He is watching a cooking show. A Cake Contest is being held and Mrs. Rogers suggests Amelia enter. Amelia goes to the bakery where she works and assisted by her cousin they make all of the products requested by the owner. In Amelia Bedelia style, there are many literal translations of instructions that are descriptive forms of speech. The reader is entertained by all of the misinterpreted information. In the end, Amelia wins the contest with a cake made in the shape of a bed. She explains, "It started out as a sheet cake...But I was so tired when I baked it, I went ahead and made the whole bed." She won a thousand bucks, (dollars, not the male deeds she pictured in her head). :)

Good for teaching literal vs. non-literal meaning, rhyming, and its a funny read!