ISBN: 9780749746674
Much on the take of Toy Story, this chapter book is written from the point of view of the toys in the playroom of a nursery.
Amelia Jane is not a shop toy, but a handmade rag doll, and uses that fact as an excuse why she hasn’t learned good manners. She has an awkward sense of humour, and loves playing practical jokes on the other toys, sometimes even selfishly causing others damage. Every chapter is a new adventure in which Amelia Jane gets up to mischief, and every time she burns her fingers, realizes that bad things happen if she doesn’t behave, and tries to be good, but she always reverts back to her naughty self. Until the end, when she literally burns her fingers… Maybe she learnt her lesson and will change…
This book is written in easy-to-read language, but words like plasticine, siphon, and references to things like a chimney and its guard might seem foreign to some young readers. The line drawings throughout the stories compliment the text in a way that doesn’t give away the story, while remaining comical.
Amelia Jane books are captivating and keep the reader engaged. It can be used to teach children life lessons about misbehaviour and selfishness, but also forgiveness and acceptance.
This particular book, Naughty Amelia Jane, is the first in a series of 5 Amelia Jane books. Naughty Amelia Jane introduces the naughty doll in 11 adventures:
- Naughty Amelia Jane
- Amelia Jane gets a shock
- Amelia Jane at the sea
- Amelia Jane and the Cowboy doll
- Amelia Jane and the Plasticine
- Stop it, Amelia Jane!
- Amelia Jane up the chimney
- Amelia Jane and the Soap
- Amelia Jane and the Snow
- Amelia Jane goes mad
- Amelia Jane and the matches
The Amelia Jane series is as follows:
Naughty Amelia Jane! Amelia Jane Again! Good Idea, Amelia Jane! Amelia Jane is Naughty Again! Amelia Jane Gets into Trouble!
Naughty Amelia Jane!, first appeared in 1939.
