October 23, 2026

Which American children's writer, who attended the University of South Carolina and is best known for the 'Amelia Bedelia' series, was born in Manning, South Carolina, and later worked as a teacher in Oklahoma, Kentucky and New York?

A Peggy Parish
B Peggy Kamuf
C Mary Augusta Ward
D Carol Higgins Clark

Peggy Parish, the American children's author of the Amelia Bedelia books, was born in Manning, South Carolina, in 1927 and worked as a teacher in Oklahoma, Kentucky and New York before her 1988 death.

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