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Story Time: Madeline at the White House Book Giveaway

January 8, 2011 by Momstart 122 Comments

Wow, this book showed up this morning, Zoe tore into it, crawled into my lap and asked me to read to her. Oh how I love my daughter so much!

We’ve been watching all of the Madeline DVD’s that we’ve received, so I’m familiar with the storyline, but what I didn’t expect was

how much I enjoyed reading it to her. The story is in a rhyme and just flows. Surprisingly the story ended quickly because it was so fun to read. We greatly enjoyed it.

About the Book

Welcome to America, Madeline!

Madeline and friends are off to enjoy a wonderful American adventure. The White House in Washington, D.C., is their destination, where they are the guests of the president’s lonely only daughter for the annual Easter Egg Roll. Cake and ice cream, dress-up games, and scary stories told in the dark are capped off by a magical nighttime tour of the capital’s most famous landmarks, before it’s time for the twelve little girls in two straight lines to say, “Au revoir, America!”

The Story Behind the Book

“The idea for sending Madeline to the White House was my grandfather’s and grew out of his friendship with Jacqueline Kennedy. In a series of letters from late 1961 and early 1962, my grandfather sounded out the First Lady on ideas for the book, which he proposed calling “Madeline visits Caroline,” with text from Mrs. Kennedy herself. My grandfather died in 1961, before the book was finished.” – John Bemelmans Marciano, author and illustrator of Madeline at the White House and grandson of Madeline creator Ludwig Bemelmans

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Madeline’s Christmas & Other Wintery Tales #Giveaway

October 22, 2010 by Momstart 147 Comments

The newest addition to the beloved Madeline arrived in stores just this week. Madeline is celebrating Christmas in her newest DVD lineup,Madeline’s Christmas And Other Wintery Tales . We haven’t had a chance to review this one and I’m not sure we’re actually going to. So I wanted to share it with all of you. You guys like to enter giveaways. Shout Factory Kids sent us a copy and you can enter to win!

Snow! Santa! And holidays galore! From Ludwig Bemelmans’ best-selling children’s books comes little Madeline and her wintery adventures with her dog Genevieve, her loyal friends from Miss Clavel’s class and next-door neighbor Pepito!

On October 19, 2010, Shout! Factory will release Madeline’s Christmas & Other Wintery Tales. The DVD contains five animated episodes, all making their DVD debut: Madeline’s Winter Vacation, Madeline and Santa, Madeline at the North Pole, Madeline and the Ice Skates and Madeline’s Holiday with Mr. Grump.

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This giveaway ends November 8th, m80 contacted me on behalf of Macy’s and they are supplying the prize! All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Madeline’s Halloween & Other Spooky Tales Giveaway

August 29, 2010 by Momstart 162 Comments

Just out this month is Madeline’s Halloween & Other Spooky Tales on DVD. I popped it in for the kids to watch and I thought it was a little bit on the scary side. However, the kids did not. In fact, they wanted to watch it over and over again. There were five different tales making this a decent length for a children’s DVD. I mean, play one turn it off and play another one on a different day.

The titles were, Madeline’s Halloween; Madeline and the Mean, Nasty Horrible Hats; Madeline and the Mummy; Madeline and the Haunted Castle; and Madeline and the Spider Lady. Each one is inspired by the book series Madeline, the story of a dozen little girls who line in an old house in Paris. They go around the city with their keeper and each other trying to keep Madeline out of trouble.

I think that my favorite out of the five was Madeline and the Mummy. There was a group of girls on the trip with them that were not nice, so they ran ahead of the 12 girls and hid themselves in the Egyptian pyramid. Then as the 12 girls went in they found all of these scary things and the tomb was moving so they all ran out screaming. Well, Madeline wanted to determine what was going on, and find the missing girls. Then only did they discover that the girls were the cause of the moving tomb and they needed help getting out.

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This giveaway ends September 13th, I have been offered a bouquet to send to a friend. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Madeline’s Great Adventure Review and Giveaway

June 19, 2010 by Momstart 171 Comments

Madeline’s Great Adventure comes out on June 29th to DVD for everyone to watch. We received a preview copy to review and Zoe has more interest in Madeline and her adventures than Miles does. They don’t usually have any differences in opinions but Miles would rather play and have his own adventures.

In Madeline’s Great Adventure her loyal canine companion Genevieve, her puckish next-door neighbor Pepito and her 11 delightful classmates from Miss Clavel’s Parisian school encounter royalty and pirates in this animated, fun-filled DVD. They encounter their very own Arabian lamp, a visit from the Prince of Monaco, a band of pirates and even track down 40 charitable thieves in Madeline’s Great Adventures. There are six adventures total:

Madeline and the Magic Carpet
Madeline On Safari
Madeline and the Lost Crown
Madeline and the Gypsies
Madeline and the Pirates
Madeline and the Forty Thieves

Madeline is inspired by the beloved classic books that introduced us to a dozen delightful girls who live in an old house in Paris covered with vines, Madeline’s Great Adventures is full of adventures that transpire and enchant young children while they watch.

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The Madeline Movie: Lost In Paris Giveaway

March 29, 2010 by Momstart 161 Comments

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She’s captured millions of hearts and been adored by every generation — now Madeline stars in her first animated feature! Inspired by the beloved classic books that introduced us to a dozen delightful girls who live in an old house in Paris covered with vines, The Madeline Movie: Lost In Paris is full of spirited fun and five "fantastique" new songs.

When a long-lost uncle from Vienna pays a surprise visit, Madeline’s dreams of family life seem wonderfully fulfilled — until she finds herself in the middle of an unfortunate scheme. Madeline then must call upon all of her courage and cleverness to foil an evil plot to take her from the only family she’s ever known. Join Madeline, Miss Clavel, Pepito, 11 school friends, and her ever-so-smart dog, Genevieve, in a thrilling Paris adventure you won’t want to miss, where everyone learns the true meaning of family!

Screen legends Christopher Plummer (The Sound Of Music) and Lauren Bacall (The Big Sleep) costar in the animated feature the New York Daily News calls “delightful!”

Watching It:

My kids prefer Ben 10 over Madeline, not sure why, maybe it’s because of all the action and colors in Ben 10; but they still watch it and ask me what is going on. Madeline is the story of a girl that is living with a bunch of other girls dreams of having a family. Then all the sudden her lone lost uncles shows up. It’s a story I recognize but placed into a cartoon. This uncle tricks Madeline into coming with him and then reveals that he is not really her uncle and dumps her off to do work for a nasty woman who treats children as slaves.

Miss Clavels discovers the plot and finds Madeline and reunites her with all of the other girls. Her friends, Her family. It’s a very cute story of love and friendship. I liked it and I hope that you will too.

I have two copies to giveaway.

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The contest will run until April 12th 11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.