Among these other titles are Haunted House, Dinosaur Time, The Chimp That Went to School and Let's Celebrate: Holiday Decorations You Can Make. Parish eventually wrote 11 more Amelia Bedelia books as well as a number of mystery novels, and arts and crafts books. This, of course, led to her biggest breakthrough, the creation of Amelia Bedelia in 1963. A parent of one of the students, who was an editor of adult books, found out she was trying to break into the writing field and introduced her to an editor at Harper who helped improve her skills as a storyteller. Parish's first book, My Golden Book of Manners, was published in 1961, followed by Let's Be Indians in 1962. After teaching creative dancing to young children, she moved to Oklahoma and taught third grade in the Panhandle, in addition to teaching dance and producing community shows. While visiting her brother in Kentucky, Parish was persuaded to enter the teaching profession. She attended the University of South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Peggy Parish was born in Manning, South Carolina on July 14, 1927.
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