Ameliar-anne and the Green Umbrella

Why a Green Umbrella? I Thought

It's time for an annual party for the town's children, but Amelia Anne's siblings are sick. Still, Amelia Anne shall go. Before she leaves her house for the party, Amelia Anne grabs the green umbrella.

You have no need of that, her mother tells her.

Amelia Anne insists.

Why a green umbrella? I thought.

This is the first of the a series of twenty books about Amelia Anne and her family, first published in 1920. The authors varied, but the illustrator remained the same.

One of the 1001 Children's Books You Must Read.