mammybearsbooks Blog Madeline 20180812
Madeline
Mammy Bears Books
12 August 2018 ยท
In an old house in Paris
That was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls
In two straight lines. ...
Do you recognise these lines?
LUDWIG BEMELMANS writer and illustrator of one of the world's best known schoolgirls...MADELINE.
From the first book "Madeline" in 1939 to the last book "Madeline in London" in 1961, he only produced six stories - well seven, if you include a later publication "Madeline in America" - yet this little character is known and loved throughout the world. Why?
I think it is her indomitable spirit and her sense of adventure.
What do you think?
