Madeline, in all her incarnations over six decades, has remained first and foremost one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" in an old house in Paris. Now, with news that will astound her many fans, not to mention Madeline herself, she and her 11 cohorts find themselves on their way to Texas, U.S.A. Madeline a wealthy cowgirl? Why not! She handles her marvelous windfall with her usual aplomb, donning denim and boots to hop aboard a horse for a tour of her newly inherited gold mines, stampeding cattle herds, and gushing oil fields. At the end of the day, Miss Clavel prepares to tuck 12 little girls into bed--but wait... there are only 11! Where's Madeline? Traditionalists need not fear that wealth will corrupt their favorite little orphan. Some surprises are still in store, even for Madeline. While sorting through his grandfather's files, artist and writer John Bemelmans Marciano discovered the manuscript and pencil sketches for this last of the much-loved Madeline series. With great respect, Marciano completed the project with full-color paintings, and added two more of Bemelmans's holiday classics--"The Count and the Cobbler" and "Sunshine"--to create a collection no Bemelmans and Madeline devotee can do without. (Click to see a sample spread. Copyright 1999 by Barbara Bemelmans, Madeline Bemelmans, and John Bemelmans Marciano. Used by permission of Scholastic Inc.) (Ages 4 to 8--or all ages, of course) --Emilie Coulter

Madeline in America

Children's Books

BEMELMANS, LUDWIG

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Arthur A. Levine

The author of While the Candles Burn offers a gentle bedtime picture book for sleepyheads as they count down a collection of dreamy items, from ten to one.

Dreaming: A Countdown to Sleep

Greenstein, Elaine

A collection of short illustrated poems decribes various things that the imaginative young reader might fear or worry about, including a mummy, a pirate, and giant ants. A first book.

The Robots Are Coming, and Other Problems

Rash, Andy

Literature & Fiction

Concocting special perfumes to keep the memory of her long-departed mother alive, Yasmin must keep her knowledge of scents hidden because only boys can study this art, until the Queen smells a perfume from an enemy that causes her to lose her memory, and only Yasmin can save her.

The Perfume of Memory

Nikly, Michelle

Includes sixteen poems about subjects ranging from the weather, to family, to food.

Hey You! C'mere: A Poetry Slam

Swados, Elizabeth

Classics

In a charmingly illustrated family tale, a young mouse decides to spend the night camping out alone in his backyard, but his parents have other ideas. By the creator of Mirette on the Highwire.

Monk Camps Out

McCully, Emily Arnold

Animals

A young mouse decides to spend the night camping out alone in his backyard, but his parents have other ideas.

When something bright green lands in Gus's monochromatic mushroom land, he and his dog Button travel far and wide--to the land of Cornucopia--to find the source of the green thing. By the creators of How Are You Peeling?

Gus and Button

Elffers, Joost

Freymann, Saxton

Having been used by the King to trick a unicorn into imprisonment, Zoea poor orphan girl with nothing but a golden singing voicedecides to set him free again, and he leads her to the land of the unicorns where she finds happiness.

Nobody Rides the Unicorn

Mitchell, Adrian

Mitchell, Adian

A Place to Grow

Pak, Soyung

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Books by Arthur A. Levine

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Madeline in America

Dreaming: A Countdown to Sleep

The Robots Are Coming, and Other Problems

The Perfume of Memory

Hey You! C'mere: A Poetry Slam

Monk Camps Out

Monk Camps Out

Gus and Button

Nobody Rides the Unicorn

A Place to Grow