Brief Factual Information:
Title: Madeline
Author and Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans
Publication Year: 1939
Title: Madeline
Author and Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans
Publication Year: 1939
Prompts: Plot Summary: This is the story of Ms. Clavel's 12 little girls. They are almost always behaved, except for Madeline. One night Ms. Clavel woke to the sound of crying, only to find Madeline was sick. Madeline needed her appendix taken out so she had to leave the house to go to the doctors. The girls are worried for her, but all is all right. Everything is so okay that in the end the others want their appendix's taken out too. Artistic Medium: This book is done in black inks mostly, with some paints. The color scheme for this book is black and yellow. This makes it very simple but the yellow makes it happy. Also the yellow hats the girls always wear is the reason for this dominant color. Style: The style of this book would be simple. The drawings are all very simple and lack a lot of detail that may draw your attention away. Also, the color scheme is very simple, usually only two colors. | Strong Vocabulary: In the story Madeline has to get her appendix taken out. That may be confuse some children. An appendix is an organ in your body near you bowls. Figurative Langauge: Rhyming is used throughout this book. For example "In an old house in Paris that was cored with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. In two straight lines they broke their bread and brushed their teeth and went to bed". Relationship of Pictures to Words: The pictures and words have complementary relationship. The words and the pictures tell the same story but the detail of the picture gives more information. Themes/Central Concepts: This central theme of this book is introducing you to the Madeline character. Also the concept of going to the doctors, hospital and that even though it is scary it is okay. Uses for this book: As a child I had surgery and loved the Madeline books because of that similarity we shared. It is perfect for little girls or even boys who are going through that. Also since this is a collection of books or series children can follow Madeline on many adventures. |
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Other books in the Madeline collection
Madeline was also created into a tv series, here is a clip