Amelia Bedelia is for the birds
(Book)

SAMPLE TEXT: Amelia Bedelia lover her swingset. She had loved it when she was a baby and still loved it now that she was big. Every day when Amelia Bedelia got home from school, she raced outside and hopped on her swing. She swung back and forth fifty times, then she slid down the slide five times. After that she ran inside for a snack and did her homework. This was Amedia Bedelia's routine, and it made her happy. One afternoon, Amelia Bedelia found a pile of sticks and leaves and grass on the top of her slide. Yuck, she said as she swept everything onto the ground. Who made this mess on my slide? She slid down the slide superfast and raced across the yard. Some birds began chirping loudly and fluttering around her head. They were not singing a happy song.

Amelia Bedelia's after-school routine includes playing on her swing set every day, but when she discovers that robins are building a nest atop her slide, she watches them raise a family, instead.