Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
Series: Madeline
Narrator: Jean Richards
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 05/30/1982
Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was an Austrian-born American writer and illustrator of books for children and adults. He traveled to American in 1914, at the age of sixteen, and worked for three years in the dining halls of what he called, in his autobiographical works, the Hotel Splendide. In 1926, he quit working in hotels to become a full-time cartoonist and made frequent contributions to the New Yorker, Vogue, and Town and Country. He is perhaps most well-known as the author of the beloved Madeline books.
This might be pedestrian, but there is just something about rhyming that gets me every time. This classic children’s story is set in Paris, and the illustrations of France’s most iconic landmarks are top notch. Madeline is the bravest girl of them all when she falls ill. I always have to give props......more
On a recent morning the grandmothers got into a contest: who can remember more of Madeline by heart. They both did very well. My wife and I are getting there. Madeline means a lot to us, partly because we grew up with it, and partly because on our kid's stomach is also a scar - his guts were like al......more