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Oh I loved these books (and the cartoon) as a child. I particularly remember a book when Madeline gets sick and has to go to the hospital and how scared she is. Then everyone is so happy to welcome her home when she is better. I can't wait to read these books with my little girl!
One of the best things about having having kids is being able to share the things that you loved as a child with them. I remember reading about the “twelve little girls in two straight lines” who lived in Paris under the watchful eye of the benevolent Miss Clavel… the Madeline books were utterly charming and are still timeless today. It's hard to believe that Ludwig Bemelmans' beloved character is 70 this year!
Bemelmans' grandson is carrying on the family legacy with the first new Madeline book in nearly 50 years. Madeline and the Cats of Rome find Miss Clavel and her charges escaping the dreary drizzle of Paris for the bright skies of Rome. The story and artwork are very true to the original series and I was pleased to be able to share it with Roo.
Award-winning toy company Kids Preferred has launched a special collection to celebrate Madeline's 70th birthday. There are plush versions of Madeline and Genevieve, plus additional outfits and my personal favorite, the Talking Madeline Doll (a Toys R Us exclusive!).
This huggably-soft 17" Talking Madeline Doll says four phrases in both French and English. Roo's kindergarten class is learning French so it seemed like a particularly auspicious time to introduce her to Madeline. She likes practicing her French with Madeline and she has already surpassed the horrible accent I learned as a freshman in college. (Roo suffers the same brain lapse in the video below that I had in an oral exam cassette I came across recently… eek!)
To enter and win your own Talking Madeline Doll, please comment on this post with your favorite Madeline memory.
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Disclosure: we received a free copy of Madeline and the Cats of Rome and a Talking Madeline Doll to facilitate this review and giveaway, mes amis.
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I loved Madeline growing up and it has formed a great love of Paris in my heart. I want to share that with my daughter
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory of Madeline is all the wonderful books. We would go to the library and bring some home for my mom to read to me. Nothing better than that! Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteIt's Madeline! In an old house in Paris.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet gift for a little girl (or mom). I have so many memories of reading Madeline in bed under the covers (yep, with a flashlight).
Roo is all ready to visit Paris.
madeline was becky's absolute favorite cartoon when she was little! i always liked it when the nun would say 'something is not right. something is quite wrong.' and run down the loooong hallway and up the many stairs to the girls' room. btw~ i really don't mean to sound like a stickler, but the people that make 4 or 5 one lined comments, are they entered into the contest that many times or just once? i don't enter very many, so i really don't know. thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love that she's fearless. Taught me to be a little fearless myself as a kid.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Madeline memory is being able to read the stories I loved as a child to my own girls. My daughter still has her well loved Madeline doll in a blue dress.
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ReplyDeleteReading the books to my younger sisters, it was their favorite bedtime story. We always talked afterwards of we thought Paris was like.
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I remember reading Madeline in the comics. FUNNY!
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I have always been fasinated with Madeline like Paris. My mother and father use to go the Europe once a year and my mother use to come back and tell me all about Paris. I love watching Madeline with my granddaughter she even wants a beret
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My (middle) name is Madeline, too, so I always identified with and loved Madeline as a child. I envied her, too, because she had a dog, Genevieve, and I was never allowed one.
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I love that she knows her 1 through 7s. My French is pretty rusty, but I'd love to take it up again. Though I'd need more than a talking Madeline.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Madeline memory is reading the book (over and over again)! :)
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I honestly don't remember Madeline, but I can imagine that my daughter would LOVE this doll!
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My favorite Madeline memory is reading the books to my nieces whenever I babysat.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember seeing the cartoon much, but it goes along with the good memories of Babar and other shows that aren't on TV much anymore. My daughter has red hair, so I'm thinking she should be Madeleine for Halloween next year! Sooo cute, and this doll is adorable. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Oh I loved these books (and the cartoon) as a child. I particularly remember a book when Madeline gets sick and has to go to the hospital and how scared she is. Then everyone is so happy to welcome her home when she is better. I can't wait to read these books with my little girl!
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I did not see this until I was an adult, but even then the rhyme just mesmerized me!
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ReplyDeleteI think my favorite Madeline memory was reading Madeline and the Bad Hat for the first time... I had never read a story that expressed such a sincere message of kindness to animals, I've loved Bemelmans work ever since... still a HUGE fan of Madeline! I didn't know the grandson was carrying on the legacy, will definitely have to check out the new-er book sometime.
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I remember reading madeline with my sisters when we were young
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ReplyDeletesadly I dont have any memories of madeline. however, my daughter LOVES her, we read it almost nightly.
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I remember my mom reading the books to my sister and I, and us wanting to visit Paris so badly!
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ReplyDeleteI didn't know about Madeline when I was a kid. I do remember seeing a doll a few years ago and thought the little scar was a cute addition.
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ReplyDeleteI don't have ANY Madeline memories! I was clearly missing out. I do hope to make some, though... :)
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