Drawing the drapes, pitching a tent, baking a sponge cake — Amelia Bedelia’s high jinks have entertained readers for five decades, and HarperCollins imprint Greenwillow Books is releasing ...

Don't Call Amelia Bedelia Dumb; She's Certainly Not ... though she might question it (why put a sponge in cake?), she gets her job done without a whisper of retort. She's a real go-getter who ...

Children's author, Herman Parish, who writes about the cheerful, literal-minded young housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia ... sponge when directed by her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, to "make a sponge ...