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When Mr. Carter mistakes the lovable, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia for the new teacher, class will never be the same again!

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This book is about Amelia Bedelia substituting as a teacher in a classroom. She is a household maid, therefore, she does not know what she is teaching or how to even control a classroom setting. When she gets to school, the principal gives her a list of things she needs to do and expects her to follow it directly. However, Amelia misinterprets everything. One example that I really like was when the list tells her to "call the roll" she actually gets a real roll, puts it on the floor, and calls it. In the classroom, this book could teach third or fourth graders idioms. Which is what the example above was. The students could create their own idioms that can be posted in the hallway, that describe them as a student. ( )