“Their old house in Paris is covered with vines and they travel about in two straight lines. Their plane gets in at half past nine. The smallest one is…”
I am sure that most of you can finish this sentence. Madeline has been a beloved children’s character for more than half a century. Author Ludwig Bemelmans introduced Madeline in 1939, and he wrote many stories throughout the next two decades. Thanks to his grandson, John Bemelmans Marciano, children can enjoy new Madeline stories today. The latest release, Madeline at the White House, is a delightful story about Miss Clavel and her girls visiting Washington, D.C. I find it especially interesting that Madeline’s trip to D.C. was the original idea of Ludwig Bemelmans (he imagined Madeline visiting the Kennedy children), but he was never able to finish the book. John Bemelmans Marciano has taken his grandfather’s idea and created a story that fits perfectly with the rhythm and style of the original Madeline series.
In Madeline at the White House, Miss Clavel and the girls visit D.C. over Easter weekend. The girls have a wonderful time participating in the White House Easter egg hunt, and Madeline befriends the President’s daughter, Candle. Madeline and Candle manage to escape the White House and see the Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Washington Monument; and they manage to return to their beds before the Secret Service knows what has happened.
Madeline at the White House is a charming story that will please children and parents. It is a story to be enjoyed, but it is a wonderful way to introduce the nation’s capital as well. Besides the locations mentioned above, the book also includes scenes from the Oval Office, the Lincoln Bedroom, and the South Lawn. I encourage you to pick up a copy for yourself today.
If you would like to win a fantastic prize package worth $68 which includes a copy of Madeline at the White House, a tin tea set and a soft 16 inch doll, please leave a comment on this post. Only one comment per person, please. This giveaway is open to U.S. shipping addresses only.
We will announce the winner on February 21.
For all of you Madeline fans out there, I will end my review in true Bemelmans’ style: I hope my review wasn’t a bore. That’s all there is, there isn’t any more.
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5 Minutes for Books contributor Lauren is a wife, mother of two, and an avid reader. She blogs at Baseballs and Bows.
I would love to win this for my niece!
This is a great set. My daughter loves Madeline.
This would be very cute for my daughter.
My little girl would love this! It sounds like such fun and she loves to read!
Thanks for the chance!
My granddaughter would love this too! Like my daughter did!
What a lovely giveaway. My daughters would LOVE this!!!!
Would love to win this! I think it’d be a hit with several of my preschoolers!
This would be great for my grandchildren!
I LOVE Madeline books. This would be great!
My 4 year old would really love this. She loves madeline and this would make a great birthday present for her upcoming birthday
We love Madeline. 😀
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I think my daughter would enjoy this prize!
Please count me in. 🙂
Madeline was my favorite character growing up and made Paris my favorite city! I am thrilled that this set now shows her having adventure’s in Washington DC, now maybe little girls all over the world will want to visit and love our nation’s capital! Thanks for the chance to enter.
I would love to win this prize so I can share it with my preschool class! I know it would be a big hit!!!!
Oh gosh, my granddaughter, who happens to also be named Madeline would love this…
I have a daughter who would truly love to have such a wonderful prize package.
This would be great for brea
I’d love this for my daughter.
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I would love to share this with my daughter! These books are classics! Hope to win 🙂
I loved Madeline growing up! I bet my niece would fall in love with her now too!
I would love to win this for our niece!
someluckydog at gmail dot com
Madeline is a cherished collection in our home, not only do my daughters love it , but my grandaughter as well……what a wonderful giveaway
I’m introducing my granddaughters to the children’s classics and this would be a great way for them to get to know Madeline.
my daughters would love this!
my daughters would love this! thanks for the great contest!
My daughter would love this prize pack!
mearley1979 at gmail dot com
My children LOVE LOVE LOVE Madeline. This giveaway is perfect. Two of my youngest children have birthdays coming up, and this would be great to split between the two. Thank you for the chance to win.
I loved Madeling growing up and i would love to share her now with my own daughters! momstheword2005@hotmail.com
My little nieces would love this! wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net
My daughter would love this!
I love just about anythign to do with The White House and American history. What a cool giveaway!
One of my favorite characters of all time…wonderful giveaway, thanks.
Aw,we love Madeline! My oldest daughter used to have a Madeline doll but the poor thing was loved to death.
Oh, we love Madeline….my daughter dressed up as Madeline for Halloween (adorable)!!!! Would love to win the new book and package!
These would be great to use in my Kindergarten class. Thanks
thanks for the chance
nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net
My daughter would absolutely love reading and playing with these toys.
nhmummab@comcast.net
I would love to win this for a little girl that is my friends granddaughter. I skyped with them yesterday so I could be there for their play date! It was fun!!
I’d love to win this for a special little girl..
This looks absolutely wonderful! : ) My boys love Madeline.
I have a little grandaughter who would love to read an play with this doll,she loves books an this is a series that I would encourage her to read
vlbelk(at)hotmail.com
My 4-year-old almost has the original “Madeline” completely memorized (we read it quite often). I bet she’d like this new edition equally well…and how fun that it’s educational too!
My girls would love this prize!
Madeline’s books are wonderful. It would be wonderful to win this for my granddaughters.
my niece would really love this if I win.
My almost 4 year old daughter would absolutely love this. We’ve read the original Madeline and she has seen the White House from the outside (she calls its Obama’s house. not the White House..not quite sure she has picked up that whoever is president gets to live there). This book would be great to bring the two concepts together. Thanks!
Now this is a great prize pack! 😉
Would love this! Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
Sounds lovely!!!
4 little girls at my house would put this to great use!
Madeline is adorable; my daughter would be thrilled! 🙂
This would be so fun to use when taking my daughter to DC!
Please send one of these new books our way…we are huge Madeline fans!
Love Madeline! My daughter does too! What a fun giveaway!
Thanks!
My girls would be over the moon if I won this!
I would love to win this for my granddaughter!
Love Madeline! Please count me in!
My daughter would love this…looks neat!
YAY!!!! finally someting i can share with my little girl,who idolizes madeline!!! what a treat!!!
Oh! I love Madeline, and have just introduced my daughter to her. She is really enjoying her as well! Thanks!
My daughter has just discovered Madeline and loves her as much as I do!
I love Madeline, my daughters love Madeline, and my granddaughter is at the perfect age to be introduced to Madeline. I would love this prize package for her.
Madeline is adorable and my granddaughter loves her!
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net
I’ve loved Madeline since I was a child!
When my (now 16) daughter was 5 she had the cutest little bob haircut, so when her tumbling class did a routine to the Madeline song, my daughter got to play “Madeline”…she looked JUST like her in her little blue dress and yellow hat. I’d read Madeline to her before then, but our appreciation of the story was raised to a new level after the dance recital.
My little girls would ADORE this gift set! How exciting!!!
I have loved Madeline for so many years! This would be a great addition to my collection.
my niece would love this!
I’m so excited there are new Madeline books! I would love to win this!
I’d love to win this and introduce my Hannah to Madeline! Thanks for the chance!
I grew up with Madeline!!! I must admit, I still love Madeline! But, my niece would love to have this!! She’s quickly learning to love Madeline! Thanks!
We love the Madeline books! I didn’t know a new one is coming out but I can’t wait to tell my daughters. They’ll be so excited!!
How fun! A Madeline book set in the US 🙂 Like the one where she visits her dad! Madeline is a classsic that will always be treasured in this house!
i would love to win this for my little girl Madeline! 😉
Would love to be included!
My daughter LOVES Madeline! What a great giveaway!
Madeline holds a special place in my heart and I would love to share this with my daughter.
What little girl would not love this!
We just borrowed our first Madeline book from the library! This set would be perfect!!
This would be great! Thank you!
Love your ending for this review! My daughter would be delighted to own the new book as well as the doll and tea set. She can go about serving us in two straight lines.
snakan0 at hotmail dot com
Would love this for my daughter to have some girly toys!
I’d love to win this for my daughter!
My three year old just got her first Madeline book this weekend! This would be a fun addition to her collection.
My granddaughter would love this!
We love Madeline and my daughters would LOVE to win this.
So sweet! I know just who this would be for 🙂
Wouldn’t I be the funnest aunt ever?! My niece would be darling dragging this little dolly around 😀
I love Madeline! This would be a wonderful gift for my niece’s upcoming birthday.
I love Madeline, what a sweet giveaway!
This would be so much fun for my daughter! Thank you for the chance to win!
I love the Madeline books and my daughter is learning to love them too – we would enjoy this prize package!
I love the Madeline books and reading them with my daughter. I look forward to reading this one!
Even though she is almost 8, my daughter loves Madeline! She’d be thrilled to win such a fantastic giveaway. 🙂
Oooh I have a friend in the States that would actually live and die for this… I would so love to surprise her!!!
We love the Madeline books!
Ooh, we LOVE Madeline!! Pick us please!!
Madeline is awesome!!! We would love to win!
I LOVE Madeline! I would really like to win this for my daughter.