Follow the Olympic torch as we get closer to our summer reading program! Today it is in France.
Poor Miss Clavel! In "an old house in Paris that was covered with
vines," Miss Clavel oversees the education of 12 little girls, the
littlest of whom is the mischievous Madeline. Despite her size, she
fearlessly pooh-poohs the tiger in the zoo and frightens Miss Clavel
with her adventurous antics. When she awakens the entire house with
her plaintive cries in the middle of the night, Doctor Cohn whisks the
appendicitis-stricken Madeline off to the hospital where, some two
hours later, she awakens to find a scar on her stomach! The scar (not
to mention the flowers, toys, and candy given to Madeline by her
father) proves quite interesting to the rest of Miss Clavel's charges
when they make a special trip to visit her. Ludwig Bemelmans's lilting
rhymes are music to children's ears, and the quirky, oddly perfect
drawings of the girls in "two straight lines" lend an enticing
Parisian flavor to this perennial children's favorite. (Ages 3 to 8)
(from Amazon.com review)
Borrow this book at the library!
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