Madeline's Rescue 玛德琳的狗狗救星

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The lively adventures of the twelve famous little girls andGenevieve the dog take readers once more to Bemelmans' unique anddelightful Paris. A Caldecott Award Book. Full-color illustrations.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ofthis title.

It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think of Madeline's nextadventure after the 1939 original Madeline, but he did it, and theresult was Madeline's Rescue, winner of the 1954 Caldecott Medal.One day on a walk through Paris (a "twelve little girls in twostraight lines" kind of walk), Madeline slips and falls off abridge right into the Seine. Everyone feared she would be dead,"But for a dog / That kept its head," saving her from a "waterygrave." What choice do Madeline and the girls have but to take theheroic pooch home, feed her biscuits, milk, and beef, and name herGenevieve? Sadly, when Lord Cucuface gets wind of the new dog, hedecrees that no dogs will be allowed in the "old house in Paristhat was covered with vines," and kicks Genevieve out on thestreet. Madeline vows vengeance, and the girls scour Paris lookingfor the pup: "They went looking high / and low / And every place adog might go. / In every place they called her name / But no oneanswered to the same." As we've come to expect from Bemelmans,all's well that ends well chez Clavel, and young readers will betickled by this heartwarming, quirky dog story with a surprisefinale. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson --This text refers to theHardcover edition.