Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
Series: Madeline
Narrator: Jean Richards
Unabridged: 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 08/30/1988
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.
We love this book, we haven't read it for years. An absolute favourite of my daughter when small, still really enjoyable now. Madeline and her school go to London to visit Pepito who has been pining for his friends. They decide to buy him a gift and as they can't afford a young horse they buy a retir......more
From The Days Of Reading To My Granddaughter "Madeline in London" (1961) was the last of the six "Madeline" tales written by Ludwig Bemelmans (1898 -- 1962). Born in Austria, Bemelmans became an American citizen in 1918. He wrote many books for children and adults and was also an artist. But Bemelman......more
Rhythm is a comforting thing in picture books. At a stage when the reader is pre-literate, or developing their literacy, and the book is being delivered in the norm by another, literate, individual, the aural nature of language comes to prominence. Or, to be less wordy, rhythm and rhyme are deliciou......more
My French friends have always told me what fond memories Madeline books have for them. I can see why after reading this book - funny and warm - very enjoyable.......more
Madeline and her classmates, together with their teacher Miss Clavel, leave their vine-covered Parisian boarding school and journey to London, where they meet up once again with Pepito, the Spanish Ambassador's son who was first introduced in Madeline and the Bad Hat. Hoping to cheer him up, the......more