Ludwig Bemelmans
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was a writer and illustrator. He emigrated from Germany to America in 1914, at the age of sixteen, and initially worked in the New York hotel industry before becoming a full-time cartoonist and writer. As an illustrator, he made frequent contributions to the New Yorker and Town and Country and also worked as a screenwriter for MGM. He published many books for both children and adults, including the beloved Madeline children's books.
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was a writer and illustrator. He emigrated from Germany to America in 1914, at the age of sixteen, and initially worked in the New York hotel industry before becoming a full-time cartoonist and writer. As an illustrator, he made frequent contributions to the New Yorker and Town and Country and also worked as a screenwriter for MGM. He published many books for both children and adults, including the beloved Madeline children's books. See less
Ludwig Bemelmans's Featured Books
Ludwig Bemelmans book reviews
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Madeline's Rescue
One More Holiday Visit With Madeline
Over ten years separate Ludwing Bemelmans's fabled children's book, "Madeline" (1939), from the second of what would be six Madeline tales, "Madeline's Rescue." Initially published in a magazine in ... Read More
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Mad about Madeline: The Complete Tales
A Christmas Eve Visit To Madeline
"In an old house in Paris
that was covered with vines
lived twelve little girls in two straight lines."
In visiting my granddaughter, age 4, (2009) I have been revisiting the Madeline stories by ... Read More
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Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales
A Texas Christmas With Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898 -- 1962) published six Madeline children's stories in his lifetime, beginning with "Madeline" in 1939, together with much else. I had been reading these six stories to my four ... Read More
