Entry Number: 69
Title: Madeline
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans
Publisher: Puffin
Year: 1939, 1977
ISBN: 978-0140501988
Genre: Fiction, rhyme, poetry
Topics: illness, doctor, surgery, bravery, hospital, friendship, France
Age Group: 2-6
Awards: Caldecott Honor (1940), A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1939)
Dewey Category: 823
Format: Picture book
Fall in love with the bold and brave Madeline, one of the first strong female characters that your child will ever meet. Rhyming prose is paired with lush illustrations to tell a tale of a girl who could say “pooh pooh” to a fierce tiger, and even make a doctors visit look like shopping for candy.

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