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Madeline

Ludwig Bemelmans
Jul 31, 2012

Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans

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Min. Age 4-6 Yrs Old

The saucy, spunky, yellow-hatted Madeline, smallest child in ''an old house in Paris, covered with vines,'' has her first adventure: an emergency appendectomy. — A.W.

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The saucy, spunky, yellow-hatted Madeline, smallest child in ''an old house in Paris, covered with vines,'' has her first adventure: an emergency appendectomy.

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Details Writer: Ludwig Bemelmans; Genre: Kids and Family; Publisher: Viking Studio

Publisher's statement: A Caldecott Honor Book 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. —from Amazon.com
Originally posted Apr 30, 2011
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