Madeline and the bad hat - Hardcover

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233955534 ISBN 13: 9780233955537

Publisher: Andre Deutsch, 1958

Synopsis

, unpaginated, [50] pages, with colour illustrations throughout, text in English

About this title

Review:

One day the Spanish ambassador moves into the Parisian house next door to Miss Clavel, Madeline, and her 11 classmates. And, His Excellency has a boy! Pepito, as he is named, is not just any boy: according to Madeline, he is a "bad hat"--for starters, he's equipped with an irksome slingshot, he "ghosts," and he boasts. And when Miss Clavel gives him a box of tools to function as an "outlet for his energy," he makes a guillotine for the cook's chickens. ("He ate them ROASTED, GRILLED, AND FRITO! Oh what a horror was PEPITO.") Children will love Ludwig Bemelmans's jaunty rhymes and simple, evocative drawings, and the ferocity with which the feisty Madeline suspects, condemns, and rebuffs the boisterous new boy neighbor. In the end, however, everything comes out right, and we, along with Miss Clavel, can relax. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson

About the Author:

Ludwig Bemelmans was a painter, illustrator, and writer for both children and adults. His Madeline book rank among the most honored children’s book series. Madeline was named a Caldecott Honor Book, and the first of its five sequels, Madeline’s Rescue, won the Caldecott Medal and was a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year. Mr. Bemelmans died in 1962, after completing Madeline’s Christmas. Visit penguin.com/madeline. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Andre Deutsch
• Publication date: 1958
• ISBN 10: 0233955534
• ISBN 13: 9780233955537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 56
• Illustrator: Bemelmans Ludwig