The very first book featuring the little girl in a coat and yellow hat, “Madeline,” appeared in 1939, and the Madeline series has continued ever since. On Friday, NPR got the jump on Madeline’s ...

The very best books of childhood manage to stay young, generation after generation. Count Faith Salie first in line, to mark a big birthday for "Madeline": "In an old house in Paris, that was covered ...

Madeleine Thien and Cassandra Calin are among the shortlisted authors for the 2025 Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) literary ...

The beloved book character joins in the fun at the annual Easter Egg Roll If you didn’t grow up reading Madeline books, chances are your children did. The whimsical stories, written and illustrated by ...

Many Americans know every line of the children’s books starring Madeline, the pesky, hat-wearing redhead who lived in an “old house in Paris that was covered in vines.” Growing up in the 1970s, John ...

A little French girl and her schoolmates will be making their presence known in Southern California this spring: Madeline and her friends are a theme of artwork for the 16th annual Los Angeles Times ...

Madeline, that little girl who grew up in a Catholic boarding school in Paris, just turned 75, but she doesn’t look a day over 7. That was her age in the classic children’s books written and drawn by ...