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When school picture day arrives, Amelia Bedelia gets ready to smile for the camera.

On a nature hike with her class, young Amelia Bedelia's literal-mindedness causes confusion along with some laughs.

"Amelia Bedelia loses her tooth . . . and then she loses it again. But it's finders keepers in the end"--

"Amelia Bedelia and her mother need new shoes, but Amelia Bedelia adores her comfy, broken-in sneakers. But the shoe is on the other foot when Amelia Bedelia spots the perfect pair--only to find out that they belong to Mary Jane!"--

Amelia Bedelia suggests that her Mom, who is feeling blue, go on a play date while Amelia Bedelia is doing the same, and then enlists her friends to help make chalk drawings on the house, sidewalk, and more to brighten Mom's day with her favorite things.

When Harry, the class pet, gets out while at Amelia Bedelia's school break, Amelia and her friends must find him.

From the time she is sent to pick up the guest conductor, Amelia Bedelia's normal confusion causes quite an uproar at the school concert.

When Amelia Bedelia babysits for the Hardy family, she becomes involved in some unexpected remodeling of their house.

Amelia Bedelia helps with the school newspaper -- to rave reviews.

Amelia Bedelia's mother loves garage sales so much, she decides to have one herself! But Amelia Bedelia loves her garage and does not want to sell it, so she and her parents decide to call it a yard sale instead. People come from all over the neighborhood to buy Amelia Bedelia and her parents' old things, and one woman even buys the yard!