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Mad about Madeline
written by Ludwig Bemelmans
Studio : Viking Juvenile
by Viking Juvenile
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Released : 1993-10-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780670851874
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 23 reviews)
List Price : $35.00
Our Price : $7.06
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Product Description |
All of the classic Madeline sotires--in one handsome volume.
For sixty years, Madeline's adventures have enthralled her ever-growing audience. Now all six Madeline books have been collected in one volume. Every well-loved word and picture is here, in a book that will be a treasured addition to any child's collection. |
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Americancivilwar.com Review |
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This elegant volume--perhaps one of the best gift books on the planet--contains all six adventures of the irrepressible, mischievous Madeline (the smallest and spunkiest of the twelve little girls in two straight lines). Ludwig Bemelmans's Madeline was first published in 1939, and its five sequels have all become classics. In Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen's introduction to Mad About Madeline she writes, "Amid a childhood full of children's books, amid glorious pictures and imaginative plots, it is worth wondering why this story is among a handful of books that now-grown children invariably buy for their own more than half a century after Ludwig Bemelmans began writing it on the back of a restaurant menu." Inside this hefty, richly illustrated edition, you'll find Madeline, Madeline and the Bad Hat, Madeline's Rescue, Madeline and the Gypsies, Madeline in London, and Madeline's Christmas, in addition to Quindlen's splendidly insightful introduction, an essay by Bemelmans on how he invented Madeline, never-before-published working sketches of Madeline, and photos of the Bemelmans family. The perfect gift for anyone who has made friends with--or should be introduced to--the precocious Madeline. (The jaunty verse makes Madeline perfect for reading aloud, and readers ages 6 and older will enjoy sounding out names such as Lord Cucuface.) |
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The wrong choice |
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I read this book, and it's down right awful. Absolutly horrible, this book is, it's sad, angry, and misleading, anything but happy, a poor choise for anyone. If you can trust me, you will never read this book. Read something good, like "Grimm's fairy tales", "The American girl's collection" or Roald Dahal novals instead!!! |
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Rhyme and Reason |
A fine collection of the original 6 Madeline stories with all their glorious original illustrations and a decent foreword about the stories and their origin for the parents.
Our 2.5 yr old loves these and her parents love them too. And so will your children and even you.
Words roll off the pages with glee and delight and the beautiful artwork gives a lovely sight. |
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A must have for every girl |
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I usually borrow children books from my local library but there are some I do want my daughters to own, this is one of them. Madeline's character is so charming, the stories are easy to read and full of adventures little girls will love. |
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The Perfect Bedtime Storybook |
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For years, young girls have been entertained by the adventures of Madeline, and this collection of stories only adds to the Madeline madness! |
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My girls love Madeline |
Bemelman's quirky stories and wonderful illustrations captivate my girls when Madeline comes up as the evening's bedtime story. While the original story is by far the most realistic and best, my girls (both under five) love the fact that Madeline has new adventures, and we like that real things happen to her, like her appendix bursting or she falls in the river when playing on a bridge.
Unlike so many children's books, sometimes Madeline's sisters are "very sad." But reading Madeline makes my girls very happy.
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