Ludwig Bemelmans
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Description
Ludwig Bemelmans was a German American author, an internationally known gourmet and also a writer and illustrator of children's books. He is most famous today for the series of Madeline books. -- Wikipedia
Books
Madeline's Christmas
With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas Eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school, and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.
Mad about Madeline
The complete collection of stories about Madeline, the fearless little girl in a French boarding school. Includes some of the original sketches from the author's notebooks and family photographs.
Madeline's Rescue
A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
Marina
When the famous trained seal goes to spend some time at the sea, his daughter's life is saved by six clown porpoises.
Italian holiday
The author and illustrator, know for his Madeline children's books, describes his travels in Italy. This book describes a range of areas in Italy with narrative and illustrations. The author also talks about a range of people, the old prince in the Borghese Gardens of Rome, the sunny girl who did the chores in the author's rented villa in Capri, and the professor exiled in the island of Ischia.