What is Madeline?
{{italictitle}} '''''Madeline''''' is a [[Popularity|popular]] [[Children's literature|children's book]] series. It was [[write|written]] by [[United States|American]] [[author]] [[Ludwig Bemelmans]]. The first book in the series, ''Madeline'', was [[Publishing|publish]]ed in 1939. The book was very successful. In the 1940s and 1950s, Bemelmans wrote many more [[sequel]]s to the [[original]]. Bemelman’s [[Grandchildren|grandson]], [[John Bemelmans-Mariano]], writes the series of books to this day. There are 16 Madeline books. The books were later made into a [[television programme|television series]] and a [[movie]]. ==In two straight lines...== The books and the television show describe the [[adventure]]s of Madeline's life in the late 1940s in [[France]]. Madeline is the smallest and youngest girl at her [[school]]. She is also the [[lively|liveliest]] and the most [[Popularity|popular]]. Madeline is not [[afraid]] of anything. She laughs at [[tiger]]s in the [[zoo]] and [[wikt:taunt|taunt]]s [[bully|bullies]]. She even runs away to join a [[circus]]. She is also a very kind friend to the rest of the children at her school, and never loses her smile. Madeline attends a [[convent]] school in the heart of France with eleven other students. They leave the house at half past nine every morning in [[rain]] or shine. Miss Clavel is their [[teacher]] and a [[nun]]. The [[girl]]s of her school mean more to her than anything. Miss Clavel is worried about Madeline because she is an [[orphan]] and has no family. Although Madeline is set in France, with French [[accent]]s, it is very popular all over the world, especially in the [[United States]] and in the [[Philippines]], where a [[Filipino language|Filipino]] version was aired in the TV station [[ABS-CBN]]. Madeline has many [[internet]] pages including an official [[website]] and [[fan club]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.madeline.com Official ''Madeline'' website] * {{imdb title|id=0044865|title=Madeline (1952 short)}} * {{imdb title|id=0115257|title=Madeli