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Madeline
Children's media franchise
For other uses, see Madeline (disambiguation).
"Madeline (character)" redirects here. For the Celeste character, see Madeline (Celeste).
Madeline is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans.[1] The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film.
As a closing line, the adaptations invoke a famous phrase Ethel Barrymore used to rebuff curtain calls, "That's all there is, there isn't any more".[2] The stories take place in a Catholic boarding school in Paris.
The teacher, named Miss Clavel, is strict but loves the children, cares for them, and is open to their ideas.
Most of the media starts with the line "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines ..." The stories often are written entirely in rhyme, include simple themes