Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready.

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.

Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby.

A collection of six stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, Europe, and Asia Minor.

Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.

The very literal minded Amelia Bedelia becomes a substitute teacher for a day.

Two cow friends, Minnie and Moo, find a bus and try to drive to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower.

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another. Amelia Bedelia is always getting herself into trouble! When Mrs. Rogers asks for cereal with her coffee, Amelia Bedelia does exactly what she is told; she puts cereal in the coffee. Mrs. Rogers is so angry she fires her! Poor Amelia Bedelia must look for another job. At each place she tries-the beauty shop, the dress shop, and the doctor's office-Amelia Bedelia...

When a bouncing ball wakes a sleeping mouse, it's just the beginning of an alphabet adventure.