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A review by ljrinaldi
Madeline at the White House by John Bemelmans Marciano
2.0
I have tried to feel what I used to feel for the original Madeline stories, but I just can't.
I like the idea, which the original author apparently discussed with Jackie Kennedy, but this one just goes all over the place, with magical realism, or dream sequence, or whatever the heck it was thrown in.
The illustrations are fine. They look much like the original, but the story isn't all that interseting. Madeline and her classmates go to visit Candle the first daughter, and they participate in the Easter activities, then they have a magical dream sequence then they all go home. The end.
There just is no there, there.
Thanks to Edelweiss for making this book available for an honest review.
I like the idea, which the original author apparently discussed with Jackie Kennedy, but this one just goes all over the place, with magical realism, or dream sequence, or whatever the heck it was thrown in.
The illustrations are fine. They look much like the original, but the story isn't all that interseting. Madeline and her classmates go to visit Candle the first daughter, and they participate in the Easter activities, then they have a magical dream sequence then they all go home. The end.
There just is no there, there.
Thanks to Edelweiss for making this book available for an honest review.