Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild!
Author: Herman Parish
Illustrator: Lynne Avril
Book 4 in the Amelia Bedelia series
Pages: 160
Published: 2014
Age: 6+
Amelia Bedelia and her friends build a zoo in the backyard (complete with stuffed animals and attractions) and offer safari adventures to the entire neighborhood.
Amelia Bedelia is sick the day her class goes to visit the zoo. She doesn't want to be left out, so she comes up with a brilliant idea—she'll create a zoo in her backyard, using all her classmates' pets. But she doesn't know exactly how to tell her parents about her great plan.
Amelia Bedelia has a warm and positive attitude, and she has fun with language, vocabulary, and idioms.Short, fast-paced chapters, tons of friends and funny situations, and black-and-white illustrations on every page make the Amelia Bedelia chapter books an ideal choice for readers of the Ivy + Bean, Magic Tree House, and Judy Moody books.
About the Amelia Bedelia Series
Books in series order
- 1.Amelia Bedelia Means Business(2013)
- 2.Amelia Bedelia Unleashed(2013)
- 3.Amelia Bedelia Road Trip!(2013)
- 4.Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild!(2014)
- 5.Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up(2014)
- 6.Amelia Bedelia Cleans Up(2015)
- 7.Amelia Bedelia Sets Sail(2015)
- 8.Amelia Bedelia Dances Off(2015)
- 9.Amelia Bedelia on the Job(2016)
- 10.Amelia Bedelia Ties the Knot(2016)
- 11.Amelia Bedelia Makes a Splash(2017)
- 12.Amelia Bedelia Digs In(2018)
Reading age: 6+ years
Amelia Bedelia is a well-intentioned girl who believes things mean—well, exactly what they say. If she hears something costs “an arm and a leg” she thinks she’s going to have to pay with her limbs!
Young Amelia’s literal interpretation of common phrases makes for a lot of misunderstandings—and some trouble! But her resilience and persistence shine through in all her humorous and muddled adventures.
Have you ever noticed just how many of these odd sayings there are? Amelia Bedelia’s experiences will have you noting them down!
Short, fast-paced chapters, tons of friends, silly situations, and funny wordplay and misunderstandings make the Amelia Bedelia chapter books an ideal choice for readers of the Ivy and Bean, Magic Tree House, and Judy Moody books. These books are great for building vocabulary, and feature a guide to some of the idioms and expressions introduced in the story, as well as black-and-white pictures by Lynne Avril on every page.

