Books by John Bemelmans Marciano consist of the following: Madeline is a book series, part of the Madeline media franchise, originally created by Ludwig Bemelmans.
The first book was published in 1939, and proved to be a success, so Bemelmans wrote many sequels in the 1940s and 1950s.
[2][3] Each book in the series begins with the rhyme: In an old house in Paris That was covered in vines Lived twelve little girls In two straight lines.
Madeline is the smallest yet bravest of the twelve girls at the boarding school.
She has many adventures while there, including falling off a bridge and being saved by a stray dog, and meeting Pepito, the mischievous boy next door.