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It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think of Madeline's next adventure after the 1939 original Madeline, but he did it, and the result was Madeline's Rescue, winner of the 1954 Caldecott Medal. One day on a walk through Paris (a "twelve little girls in two straight lines" kind of walk), Madeline slips and falls off a bridge right into the Seine. Everyone feared she would be dead, "But for a dog / That kept its head," saving her from a "watery grave." What choice do Madeline and the girls have but to take the heroic pooch home, feed her biscuits, milk, and beef, and name her Genevieve? Sadly, when Lord Cucuface gets wind of the new dog, he decrees that no dogs will be allowed in the "old house in Paris that was covered with vines," and kicks Genevieve out on the street. Madeline vows vengeance, and the girls scour Paris looking for the pup: "They went looking high / and low / And every place a dog might go. / In every place they called her name / But no one answered to the same." As we've come to expect from Bemelmans, all's well that ends well chez Clavel, and young readers will be tickled by this heartwarming, quirky dog story with a surprise finale. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson |
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And everyone knows you cannot have a DOG in school.....
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I read this book to my first grade Friday and showed a Christopher Plummer narrated Madeline video as a follow up.
I'm rather enjoying the fact I bought Madeline sets of class-books and videos years ago in Whole Language and have such wonderful resources to use with my Sheltered Immersion first graders. They really all did think the Eiffel Tower is in Vegas, but I won't go into all the confusion the casinos have brought to my spring attempts to teach the landmarks of the world.
Using books and maps, experiences with video and song, food and visitors I try to build global awareness. Madeline is such a wonderful series as she goes to London, New York and the Wild West ,and just all over. And this series has things I need in teaching reading, rhymes, pattern, interest and motivation plus a charming female model of bravery and wit. Bemelman's made a lovely series. Of all of the versions this one and The Bad Hat (about that irrepressible Pepito) are my favorites.
My love of this particular story is multi-fold. First Madeline falls in the canal showing her spunk. A teacher loves this if only for the "See, what happens," feature. I mean reading that every year is something that brings me infinite pleasure. Then she is heroically saved by a dog. And it was just yesterday a student who reads maybe twenty five words, he screams out God ahead of my saying dog. Reversals at this age, that's what happened but there was more to it than that. Just as I read the book and he sat close enough to see I could look at where he is in a natural way, as a Mom might. That told me he is tracking words and it made sense to him (because God might save you)so he is fitting text to logical thoughts-or we used to say "good guessing" or apprehending. And then I gently referred him to the picture and he self-corrected to say "dog". Perfect.
Yes she is rescued by a charming hound eventually named Genevieve. As a child I was extremely afraid of dogs as one tried to bite my stomach and did make marks at 15 months. I never got quite over the attack. So I had to build, as I do about many things, ways into my living to begin to face my fears and aversions and take on the issue. This book I read over and over as a child to that end. Pretty common I address those same fears with first graders with this text. Way to go at it , not so directly but embedded within story work. This way too, when they bring over the police dogs for the demo every year we've already heard about it via a talk Madeline's Rescue spurred. So that is a great thematic piece. I love to work on "dozens" also at this time with their twelve little girls in those two straight lines as we look at number families. So Madeline moves curriculum. Now another fine feature is the amount of expression one can teach in animating this text. Terrific.
I suppose my greatest love is the pictorial work in this book. By far some of the loveliest plates. Bemelmans has the most charming Paris scenes from Sacre-Coeur to the markets. That alone makes it award winning. And I give it the big hug from first grade. I am working in times now where public education is being destroyed in areas of poverty under "reforms' and I just decided I would teach this and I would allow these children to experience the pleasure of reading. Can you imagine a life where everything is proscribed, where it is all scripted and everyone did the same thing at the same time everyday? Madeline would never allow that. And to the bullies in the systems, I say as Madeline, children shall have their Vengeance.
That of course coming from text where the lovely dog Genevieve, is made to leave by Lord Cucuface the Board Director. Not to worry by books end there is plenty of hound to go around. And with a charming repetition children are laughing with delight at all the night wake up calls.
Do get this for your kids...it's adorable. And I think a little bravery is great to promote in a world full of those who have very little in their desire for position and comfort. In the long run this series has lots to offer a class or home. |
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