Outside Reading: Amelia Bedelia series

I found books in the Amelia Bedelia series to be absolutely hilarious. Amelia is a maid for the Rogers family who never does anything right and takes the tasks she is given literally. I actually read a few of the books with different students in the HOST program. They enjoyed reading them and I did as well. The one I found most entertaining was Amelia Bedelia and the baby. Amelia is babysitting and is given a list of things to do for the baby. When the list says to powder the baby, Amelia powders herself and when the list says to take a nap, Amelia does not feel like sleeping so she makes strawberry tarts instead. She takes everything literally, which is so comical and children really enjoy it, especially girls. The only lessons I thought came out of the stories are to not treat people differently because they do something wrong, or look at people in the wrong way because they are different. Amelia obviously can't help the fact that she takes everything so literally or does not understand. Otherwise the series is written for comic effect and simple fun.