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¶ … Madeline
The first book written by Ludwig Bemelmans in the series about Madeline, was first published in 1939. The hero in this book was different than all the princes in the children's stories: a little girl in a boarding school. Her main feature was her courage. In 1939, the world was swept by the Second World War and the heroine nothing alike those world saviors in stories and films alike. Madeline is a book that encompasses the essence of humanity in a few lines. One of the main themes in the book is the social feature of humanity, the ability to live in society, feel compassion, discover and develop solidarity etc.
Children who live in a boarding school are among the best sources to teach the rest of the world about compassion. "Twelve little girls in two straight lines. In two straight lines they broke their bread and brushed their teeth and went to bed" (Madeline, p.16-19). People who share the most important things in an early stage of their life, grow up to be compassionate.
The book is destined for children in preschool, but it never ceases to amaze through the powerful message it sends. The economy of words is surprising when contemplating the variety of ideas it communicates to the readers.
The next three lines introduce the world Madeline and...
Even pre-school children should know that they are not living in a bubble. The author once said that he was writing for small kids, not for idiots. The words are completed by the powerful pictures. The setting is in Paris. The lines are indicating the fact that the children are taught to look around and use their hearts along with their eyes and mind to analyze the real world they were living in. "They smiled at the good." It begins with optimism and since they are children, they are supposed to be happy and smile.
Paris in 1939 was anything but a place to smile in and grownups must have had a difficult time seeing the good in the big picture. but, Bemelmans completes this simple line with a wonderful picture of the Athenee in Paris as the background and the children holding hands and smiling at a lady who is feeding a horse.
Compassion needs the ability to notice details. Compassion is mainly about the ability to share the feelings of others. Five simple words activate imagination in a way that one could never think possible in a book for pre-school children. The picture accompanying the line in the book is just a suggestion. A woman feeding a horse is an example if how people can enjoy the simple things in life and not let themselves overwhelmed by the…
Adults need this book because they need to rediscover their inner child while rebuilding their self-esteem and their trust in themselves. A little fearless girl, Madeline, learns how to use her fearlessness in order to achieve the greatest thing of all: to be human in the good way.
Madeline learns how to go through times of illness, after she has been operated because of the appendicitis. One of the most striking pictures in the episode of Madeline hospitalization is that depicting the children holding flowers in their hands and fearfully approaching Madeline's bed in the hospital. It is the picture of humanity at its best. Compassionate and full of love, children visit their companion in the hospital and bring her flowers.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Mad About Madeline. The Complete Tales. Viking. Penguin Group. New York. 1993.
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