Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
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Classic Madeline

Ludwig Bemelman's first in a series of children's stories about a little girl named Madeline. In this classic tale, our heroine, the smallest of twelve young girls in a Paris boarding school, is faced with an attack of appendicitis.


Madeline Says Merci : The Always Be Polite Book

Learning some pleases and thank yous is virtually painless when Madeline, is doing the teaching. John Bemelmans Marciano, grandson of Madeline creator Ludwig Bemelmans, pens a politeness how-to book, based on the characters and setting of the original Madeline.



Mad about Madeline

For those dedicated Madeline fans, this edition includes the first six Madeline adventures all in one book. One can find the original classic childrens' tale Madeline, along with Madeline and the Bad Hat, Madeline's Rescue, Madeline and the Gypsies, Madeline in London, and Madeline's Christmas.


Madeline Paper Dolls

For dedicated Madeline fans, this collectable booklet includes two adorable cut-out paper dolls of Madeline and Pepito along with six pages of cut-out clothes and additional accessories. Also included is a French armoire to store the clothes in when not in use. All cut-outs are full color.



Madeline and the Bad Hat

Madeline and her schoolmates encounter a mischievous new neighbor in their Paris boarding house who happens to be the son of the Spanish ambassador.


Madeline in London

Madeline and her school chums take a journey to the streets of London, England to visit a former school mate on his birthday.



Madeline's House : Madeline, Madeline's Rescue, Madeline and the Bad Hat/Boxed Set of 3 Books

Madeline's three most popular adventures in complete, unabridged miniature editions, are packaged in a replica of the famous "old house in Paris that was covered with vines." The attractive box includes Madeline, Madeline's Rescue, and Madeline and the Bad Hat and has a convenient carrying handle so children can take Madeline with them wherever they go.


Madeline's Rescue

It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think of Madeline's next adventure after the 1939 original Madeline, but he did it, and the result was Madeline's Rescue, winner of the 1954 Caldecott Medal. Madeline and the rest of the girls from Miss Clavel's class go on an adventure through scenic Paris. When Madeline falls into the river Seine and nearly drowns, a courageous canine comes to her rescue. Now Genevieve the dog is Madeline's cherished pet, and the envy of all the other girls. What can be done when there's just not enough hound to go around?



Madeline's Playtime Activity Book

Children will enter the world of Madeline as they use the reusable stickers in this book to place Madeline, Pepito, and all their friends in beautiful Parisian scenes. The entire text of the original Madeline is also included, as well as simple word puzzles, pictures to color, a maze, and other games to play. When children are done, they can simply put the stickers back on their sheets to play with Madeline and her friends another time.


Madeline's Birthday Activity Book

It's Madeline's birthday, and Madeline's friends have given her an album filled with pictures of her most famous escapades. While children look at the scenes from Madeline's life, they can place stickers on the bridge where she was rescued by Genevieve the dog or in the circus where she performed with Pepito. They can even decorate the Old House in Paris for Madeline's party! 16 pages of special recipes, games, and pictures to color are included. When children are done, they can simply put the stickers back on their sheets to play with Madeline and her friends all year round.



Madeline's Christmas

Madeline takes control on Christmas Eve, with the assistance of a rug-selling magician, while everyone else is bed-ridden with a cold at Miss Clavel's boarding house in Paris.


Madeline and the Gypsies

Madeline and Pepito, the Spanish ambassador's son, get lost during a storm and stumble upon a band of gypsies who take them on an adventurous journey on the road.


Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales

Madeline, in all her incarnations over six decades, has remained first and foremost one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" in an old house in Paris. Now, with news that will astound her many fans, not to mention Madeline herself, she and her 11 cohorts find themselves on their way to...

 


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