Madeline

The illustrations are so good, the story is a bit too meh. Usually kids books have memorable lines and a kind of rhythm in their text, there wasn't any of that, but those illustrations, could look at them all day.

4/5 stars

It's a good book that's just the right length to use for story time. It keeps them entertained and can open up a great discussion. Whether they ask you what an appendix is or ask why the rest of the girls started crying, they are bound to start talking about the book.

It's cute.
This is a picture book about Madeline and her appendicitis.
I'm a bit disappointed, because I've seen the movie and I was expecting a chapter book :-D
But - what ever. It's a good story and the illustrations are charming, and it would probably have been great when I was 5.

What a treasure! The story of Madeline and eleven other girls being well taken care of by nuns.







Read and reviewed: 2018-10-17

Read this to Kaleb and well she really listened and let me finish the book. So I guess she really liked it. :)

Madeline has been a character in my head from my youth and then years of baby sitting that I expected to come back to, but I didn't really remember the story. We read it last night as part of a Sonlight P3/4 suggestion, but I'm delighted to see that it will also be on our Memoria Press Junior Kindergarten list. The edition that we read was a part of [b:The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud 238068 The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury Celebrated Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud Janet Schulman https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1411333628s/238068.jpg 230604]. I really enjoyed the story, but this is another example of one that really does not work in the condensed version. I think it would work for an older child, but for us it puts too much information on one page. I mean come on almost 12 individual pages on a two-page spread for the treasury? Sensory overkill, and ambiance loser. I think now that I will have to get us our own individual copy of the book, but I need to decide whether paperback is fine, or if this is one that we need to splurge on as a hardcover. Opinions?? http://www.wegivebooks.org

I remember being so enthralled by the artwork in this book. I also loved the rhyme and rhythm of the story.