SuitabookMadeline at the White House
John Bemelmans Marciano
- Reading
- Read it aloud slowly enough to notice the watercolour scenes. Pause before discussing the rule-breaking, asking what the characters may be trying to do and what information about consequences the book provides.
- Themes
- Friendship and inclusion: Candle, the president’s daughter, invites Madeline and the other girls to the Easter Egg hunt and roll and is described as lonely. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Rules and adventure: Madeline introduces Candle to the joys of occasionally breaking rules, alongside a midnight magic-carpet sightseeing tour of Washington, D.C. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes occasional rule-breaking and a magical midnight sightseeing tour.