<p>Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia! The Amelia Bedelia books are great for growing the vocabularies of newly independent readers. <em>Amelia Bedelia by the Yard</em> is a funny story about community family and helping out and it stars Amelia Bedelia as a young girl. More than 35 million Amelia Bedelia books sold since 1963!</p><p>Amelia Bedelia's parents are holding a yard sale-but Amelia Bedelia loves playing in her yard and she doesn't want to sell it! Luckily her mother promises they will only sell things <em>in </em>the yard. When one neighbor wishes she could buy the flowers Amelia Bedelia fetches a shovel to dig some up. After all a yard will always grow back! A Level 1 I Can Read book featuring the childhood of America's favorite housekeeper Amelia Bedelia!</p>