Madeline was a book I would love to read when I was younger. I always loved and enjoyed the story lines that Bemelmans used. I was always intrigued and still am today. Madeline is a book within a series, each book tells of a different story and has its own problem. The book Madeline was published in 1939 and written by an Australian author Ludwig Bemelmans.
The story takes place with a Catholic boarding school in Paris, the girls are not orphans. The plot within this book is that poor Madeline becomes sick and goes off to hospital to get her appendix removed. Her papa send her a dollhouse as she is ill and the girls at the boarding school go to visit her at the hospital. The story is written entirely in rhyme, I believe this would capture and appeal to students even more.
This book would be great to read to lower primary students, one aspect that you could focus on is the rhmying words. Also this book could be part of the silent or guided reading program. It is a book that was popular so many years ago and still is with children. It has a great story line and fascinating pictures, it is a book students will enjoy.
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