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Viking Books for Young Readers (2011), 48 pages
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Madeline and the other orphans of the vine-covered house in Paris spend Easter at the White House visiting with the President's daughter.
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LibraryThing member mlucas09
Summary: A young girl, who happens to be the president's daughter is lonely and for Thanksgiving Madeline, along with her eleven best friends and school teacher come to visit her. Madeline and the president's daughter become fast friends and take a magical trip one night in the sky together. They
Critique: This is a good example of a fantasy book because it includes a little magical rabbit that takes on humanistic qualities, also the two girls go on a carpet ride in the middle of the night. For the most part, this story is rather believable and then when the magical things start to occur the author does an excellent job of making them believable as well.
Style: The author writes the entire story using rhymes, but it is easy to forget that everything rhymes because the story flows very nicely. I appreciate how the author included rhymes but it did not take away from the plot of the book.
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had a great time, but then it was time for Madeline to go home.Critique: This is a good example of a fantasy book because it includes a little magical rabbit that takes on humanistic qualities, also the two girls go on a carpet ride in the middle of the night. For the most part, this story is rather believable and then when the magical things start to occur the author does an excellent job of making them believable as well.
Style: The author writes the entire story using rhymes, but it is easy to forget that everything rhymes because the story flows very nicely. I appreciate how the author included rhymes but it did not take away from the plot of the book.
Media: Marker and Watercolo
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LibraryThing member lstec2
I was intrigued by this book because it was written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans' grandson. However, it just did not have the same feel to it that were in Bemelmans' books. I was left with mixed feelings. I still liked the illustrations--they remained simple, just as they were in the
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original books. Marciano even utilizes the yellow, black, and white drawings that his grandfather used in some parts of the book. I thought the plot was lighthearted and would still attract children because it emphasizes curiosity and play. This is demonstrated when Madeline stays in Candles room: "They played dress up, / Cards, / And had a lark, / And told scary stories in the dark." I did not like the addition of the magic rabbit. All of the books by Bemelmans had things that could happen in real life, so I felt that this strayed away from the classics a lot. The big idea of this story is that your imagination can take you anywhere you want to go. This is shown through the girls dreaming of the rabbit taking them around D.C.on a cherry blossom wave. Another big idea is that friends can be found anywhere, which is demonstrated by the strong relationship that develops between Madeline and the daughter of the president, Candle. Show Less
LibraryThing member rmarcin
Quick tale about a lonely girl at the White House who is visited by Madeline and her classmates in time for the Easter Egg roll. Many of the lines and some of the illustrations seem to be exact replicas from the original Madeline book.
The book is colorful and has the beloved Madeline character, but
Thanks to Edelweiss for the copy.
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The book is colorful and has the beloved Madeline character, but
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seems stilted and without the charm of the original.Thanks to Edelweiss for the copy.
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English
Physical description
48 p.; 9.13 inches
ISBN
0670012289 / 9780670012282
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