Amelia Barr wrote over 50 novels in a career that lasted 40 years, yet she is little known today. Her autobiography is as good as any of her novels, an engaging record of a long life. Born in England, she and her Scottish husband immigrated to the U.S. with two children when his business failed. The autobiography vividly describes her English childhood in settings that were the subject of many of her novels (Yorkshire, Isle of Man). Her married life was spent mostly in Austin, Texas, which is also entertainingly described. They lived there 10 years, including all of the Civil War. Married life ended when they moved to Galveston and Mr. Barr (and three of their six children) died of yellow fever. That was how Amelia Barr became a novelist, thrown on her own resources to take care of her remaining three children. Her tales of novel-writing for profit give an unusual view of what it was like to be a woman writer in late 19th century America. A good read, as are many of her novels.

All of London was wagering on who would warm the cold heart, cool the hot temper, and win the precious hand of young, wealthy, and beautiful Miss Amelia Clerville. But Amelia faced a gamble of her own as she came ever closer to being cornered by the two frontrunners of her pack of swarming suitors. There was the iron-willed, compellingly ruthless Sir Julian Denventer, a battering ram of an aristocrat who was breaking down her resistance. And there was the insufferably arrogant Marquis of Tyrone, who had the infuriating impudence to pretend he did not want her. Amelia feared that one of them was a thief, the other a murderer-and if she made the wrong choice, her worst fears would come true. An very entertaining book.

I loved Amelia Bedelia books since I was young and now my children share the same love for them. Three very humorous books! Amelia Bedelia; Thank You, Amelia Bedelia; and Amelia Bedelia and the Suprise Shower.

Reading this book really was great to me. If you look one of the authors has Earheart in their name.

I am so impressed with this series. I hope my kids begin a lifelong love of nonfiction with stories like Amelia Earhart. Crisply written, with just the right amount of detail and TERRIFIC photos which capture the imagination. It's hard to fight the Junie B. Jones craze, and those books are cute, too, but I want my 1st grader to admire Amelia, too! She thinks Amelia "rocks". Highly recommend for 4-7 years.

We live a World where every new technology is ogled at, studied, and reviewed months before it is on the market. We spend our time trying to find faster and easier ways to do things in the future. In a world like this, the past is given very little thought. I very much doubt your Wall Street sharpie could tell you a lot about the War of 1812, or the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

But the past is not lost. There are a few incidents, which remain with us today. One of these history-making events that are in the minds of all of us is the legacy of Amelia Earhart. She is with us because her dream and her story are eternal. Hers is the story of a hero. A woman venturing on a path that many of her male counterparts would never dare. But this book not only relates the heroic tale of this woman, but the dream she left us with. The dream of an existence that was not always cut and dry. Not just a Lawyer, or a accountant, or a housewife. We could be anything, if we reach for it, and feel it strongly enough in ourselves. And as her dream has persisted through the decades, so has her story, and her sprit.

Amelia Earhart was a very courageous young pilot, and she helped inspire young women to fly. In the book, Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator, by Beatrice Gormley, in the Childhood of Famous Americans series, the author describes Amelia Earhart as extraordinarily brave. This book tells almost everything a person would want to know about Amelia Earhart.

Amelia flew her plane until she wanted to retire. Before she retired, though, she wanted to make one last record-breaking flight. She planned to fly around the entire world, making stops only to refuel her plane. Near one of the islands she was supposed to land at, she mysteriously disappeared into the fog. No one knows what happened to her. We don't even know where she lies. We just know of her great achievements.

I needed these books when I was a young girl! But the fact that I'm an adult can't keep me from reading these books. I've never seen an Amelia book that I wouldn't give five stars.

I recently bought this book as a Christmas present for a girl. I also purchased a blank b/w composition notebook and a packet of pens to put with it. Moss's illustrations are hilarious and thoughtful as usual. One set of pages I especially liked was a list of sounds that Amelia tries to explain to the deaf friend she has made (ie. a cat purring is like a sweater right out of the dryer). Very cute.

This is very nice and helpful book for any person interested in Amelia Earhart. There are a lot of very interesting photos, personal memories of different people about Amelia, sometimes not famous people who works with her or have had some occasional meetings etc., - very fascinating and full of little details which are so important to make a character of historical person truly close and "3-dimensional"... It helps to feel better true legacy and importance of Amelia Earhart, and very enjoyable to read...

In this book, Amelia really reminds me of myself when I ever find something I want to buy but then later think why I ever bought it! This book is great for people who want to earn money and then decide which is actually something you want to spend it on. All the Amelia's Notebooks were great, but this is the best ever!