Celebrate 75 Years of Madeline
Here, collected in one handsome volume, are all the adventures of Madeline, a fearless little girl full of mischief and vitality who is one of the world's most popular and beloved fictional characters. "Madeline," which was first published in 1939, and its five s[...]
This elegantly designed and lavishly illustrated book showcases Bemelmans' art and writing and illuminates the relationship between the man and his work. Bemelmans' fascinating life story is told through letters, photographs, illustrations, paintings, sketches, and excerpts from both his published w[...]
If there is such a thing as a comfort food book, Bemelmans' stories are it. His evocative tales of grand hotel life have a reporter's eye for sensory detail, yet he always manages to bathe his world and it's lovable characters in the mood of a fairytale. Meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe[...]
The incomparable Madeline, in jaunty verse and colorful pictures
Winner of the Caldecott Medal 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?[...]
Nothing frightens Madeline--not tigers, not mice, not even getting sick. To Madeline, a trip to the hospital is a grand adventure. A true classic, Madeline continues to enchant readers more than sixty years after its first publication.
( A Caldecott Honor Book[...]
With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.[...]
For over sixty years, Madeline's adventures have enthralled her ever-growing audience. This collection brings together all six of the Madeline books in one volume. Every well-loved word and picture is here, plus an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen, an essay by Ludwig B[...]
Malenkaja parizhanka Madlen nichego ne boitsja - ni moroza, ni myshej, ni tigrov. Vse ej interesno, vse dlja nee prikljuchenie. Poetomu ee tak ljubjat vospitatelnitsa detskogo pansiona madam Klavel, podrugi i milliony chitatelej po vsemu miru.Vpervye eta kniga vyshla v svet v 1939 godu, i s tekh por[...]