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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I absolutely Love Madeline! I have since i was a child an enjoyed readign this book again!!!!
From our permanent collection of children's books. Probably the second book I memorized as a parent. A simple nostalgic read that has a little of everything.
Madeline is lodged in my memory as a visually faithful catalogue of all my childhood phobias.
The strict schoolmistress with her blotchy black habit, spunky Madeline in her uniform and crooked bow, conspicuous among the others who stand so samely in two neat rows. A nameless illness late at night - possibly contagious? Nightmare colors, yellow and purple, hues of bruises, elongated forms, scenes stretched like rubber bands in a tension dream - and adults looking down when they read it to you with an expression on their face like isn’t it quaint when how could anyone possibly be following the words?
I didn’t understand that she had appendicitis and I didn’t think the nuns were helping her and I didn’t interpret the wailing of the girls in the hall as harmless at all.
Thumbing through the book now, I find the illustrations lovely - swirling and whimsical, while balancing a certain literal accuracy. Paris is recognizable on every page but the world Bemelmans evokes is his own. The simple rhyme scheme, the tone of pseudo-grandeur, the petulance of the girls - the quaintness of it I confess - this is what I see now.
- 2004, Children’s Literature with Dr. Doris Walters
The strict schoolmistress with her blotchy black habit, spunky Madeline in her uniform and crooked bow, conspicuous among the others who stand so samely in two neat rows. A nameless illness late at night - possibly contagious? Nightmare colors, yellow and purple, hues of bruises, elongated forms, scenes stretched like rubber bands in a tension dream - and adults looking down when they read it to you with an expression on their face like isn’t it quaint when how could anyone possibly be following the words?
I didn’t understand that she had appendicitis and I didn’t think the nuns were helping her and I didn’t interpret the wailing of the girls in the hall as harmless at all.
Thumbing through the book now, I find the illustrations lovely - swirling and whimsical, while balancing a certain literal accuracy. Paris is recognizable on every page but the world Bemelmans evokes is his own. The simple rhyme scheme, the tone of pseudo-grandeur, the petulance of the girls - the quaintness of it I confess - this is what I see now.
- 2004, Children’s Literature with Dr. Doris Walters
As a kid, I thought this book was okay, but I wasn't crazy about it. I think the uniforms and all the girls sleeping in one room worried me a little bit.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My friend grew ups reading this, she said it was her favorite story as a kid. She gave it to me when I was in the hospital after getting my appendix out.
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted