Bibliographic Information: Bemelmas, L. (1998). Madeline. In The 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knope Inc.
Brief Annotation: Madeline is an orphan who lives with eleven other girls in a home in Paris. The girls did everything together with the woman who watched over them, Miss Clavel. One night Madeline fell ill and was rushed to the hospital where she had surgery. What happens next is no surprise!
Genre: Picture book, Fiction
Grade Level: K-3
Readers who will like this: Children who are orphans; Children who like picture books; Children who have friends whom they spend a lot of time with
Response/Rating: 3; this book was adorable, the flow of the words was almost poem like yet still managed to capture the story. I especially like that majority illustrations are done in only yellow, white and black.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you know what your appendix is?
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