My daughter knew several of them, as I remember, and now my granddaughter has the entire collection of six little books in this complete edition, "Mad about Madeline." The book also includes, for parents, a useful introduction by Anna Quindlen, an afterward of brief recollections by Bemelmans, and an index after each story of the scenes in Paris that Bemelmans used for his illustrations.
There were six books in the series (another appeared after Bemelmans's death in an edition published by his son) written between 19:Īs a child, I was familiar with only the original book which is still the most famous of the series.
Among other things, she knows the famous, fearless line: "To the tiger in the zoo, Madeline just said 'Pooh-pooh."īemelmans (1898 - 1962) was an American author and artist remembered primarily for his Madeline books. I don't get to see my granddaughter often, but we have been reading Madeline at bedtime. In visiting my granddaughter, age 4, (2009) I have been revisiting the Madeline stories by Ludwig Bemelmans. Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines."
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