Madeline's Rescue

by Ludwig Bemelmens is Kaiya's new favorite book, we've only had it for a few days, but we've probably read it 20 times already. Every nap time, and bed time plus whenever we come inside. This was one of my favorites when I was a kid that I forgot about until we saw it at the library.


Scholastic's website gives a blurb about the book (which is practially the entire book):

"Madeline's Rescue is the second adventure in Ludwig Bemelmans' classic series of a little girl named Madeline, who lives in a French boarding school. On a walk through Paris one day with her schoolmates, Madeline trips and falls off a bridge into the Seine River. Saved by a dog in a daring rescue, Madeline, the girls, and their teacher, Miss Clavel, quickly realize that they must take the heroic dog back to the school with them. Once there, they feed her biscuits, milk, beef, and name her "Genevieve." All is puppy heaven for six months (with the only fly in the ointment being who gets to sleep with Genevieve each night), until the trustees, led by the snobbish Lord Cucuface, come for a school inspection. Horrified at the idea of a dog in their school, the trustees cast Genevieve out onto the street. Vowing vengeance, Madeline and the girls and Miss Clavel scour the streets of Paris in search of their beloved and missing pet. The girls return home dogless and broken-hearted, but in the middle of the night, Genevieve comes back and once again, the girls can resume the argument over who gets to sleep with her each night. In a surprise ending, Genevieve has pups enough for each girl to have one, and peace is restored. "


we also rented the Little Mermaid at the library--she LOVES it. It's so fun to be back to reading/watching favorites from when I was a kid.