Madeline and the Gypsies

Share the gift of kindness with Ludwig Bemelman's beloved classic character, Madeline.<BR><BR>Whether it's cleaning up, helping a friend when they fall, or lending a listening ear—there are endless opportunities to show someone you care.<BR><BR>Full of Madeline's classic charm, Madeline Says Be Kind is a perfect introduction to the importance of kindness.

"Truly a great book--unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre... Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better." --Anthony Bourdain Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author of the Madeline books<BR> <BR>Picture David Sedaris writing Kitchen Confidential about the Ritz in New York in the 1920s, which had the style and charm of The Grand Budapest Hotel... In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide--the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz--a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls. In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian maître d'hôtel Monsieur Victor to the kindly waiter Mespoulets to Frizl the homesick busboy. Illustrated with his own charming line drawings, Bemelmans' tales of a bygone era of extravagance are as charming as they are riotously entertaining. "[Bemelmans] was the original bad boy of the NY hotel/restaurant subculture, a waiter, busboy, and restaurateur who "told all" in a series of funny and true (or very near true) autobiographical accounts of backstairs folly, excess, borderline criminality, and madness in the grande Hotel Splendide... If you like stories about old New York as I do, this classic will have you laughing out loud." -Anthony Bourdain

Ein weinumranktes Haus in Paris, zwölf Mädchen in zwei geraden Reihen und eine Blinddarm-OP. Nie war dieser Klassiker der englischsprachigen Kinderliteratur frischer und witziger als in der fulminanten Neuübersetzung von Nadia Budde. 'Ein Klassiker.' - THE NEW YORK TIMES 'In Amerika liebt jeder Ludwig Bemelmans. In Deutschland, wo er aufwuchs, kennt ihn bis heute leider kaum jemand.' - SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

“In an old house in Paris<BR> that was covered with vines<BR> lived twelve little girls<BR> in two straight lines<BR> the smallest one was Madeline.” <BR>  <BR>  <BR> Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers even after 75 years. In this next adventure, Madeline has a new neighbor who she does not like so much. Can she and Pepito ever get along? <BR><BR> Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was the author of the beloved Madeline books, including Madeline, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Madeline's Rescue, winner of the Caldecott Medal.