Madeline's Christmas
Madeline's Christmas
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Series and Publisher: Madeline   

Annotation: With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school, and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.
Genre: [Classics]
 
Reviews: 4
Catalog Number: #185950
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright Date: 1956
Edition Date: 1999 Release Date: 09/25/00
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: Publisher: 0-14-056650-3 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-9998-2
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-14-056650-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-9998-5
Dewey: E
Dimensions: 31 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Madeline joined the company of story immortals in 1939, when Bemelmans introduced the lion-hearted French child to the world. The original and five sequels excited critical raves, awards and an international readership. Now the sixth saga, reprinted from a McCall's magazine feature, will be offered as a book. On Christmas Eve, the old house in Paris, covered with vines, is also swarming with germs. Miss Clavel and her charges, except Madeline, are downed by the flu. So the littlest of the 12 girls nurses the ailing ones but a mysterious caller arrives with the promise of turning a sad Yuletide into an adventure. Madeline buys 12 rugs from the turbaned visitor and tucks them around the chilly invalids until she discovers that the covers are more than comforting. They are magic. They take Madeline and her friends on a wonderful flight, bringing back the joys of the season. (38)

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Wilson's Children's Catalog
Word Count: 397
Reading Level: 3.2
Interest Level: K-3
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.2 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 7283 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:2.8 / points:1.0 / quiz:Q07202
Lexile: AD810L

In an old house in Paris
that was covered with vines
lived twelve little girls
in two straight lines
the smallest one was Madeline.
 
 
Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers even after 75 years!

It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but when Madeline finds help from a magical merchant, the girls embark on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles and sneezes.



Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was the author of the beloved Madeline books, including Madeline, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Madeline's Rescue, winner of the Caldecott Medal.


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