New Releases by Ludwig Bemelmans

When Rosebud the rabbit reads that, unlike the whale and the elephant, he is regarded as a weak and silly animal, he sets out to prove he is the smartest of all.

Adventures in the Mediterranean in a sailboat "Arche de Noe". Part of this book appeared in "Holiday" under the title "My Riviera cruise".

When the famous trained seal goes to spend some time at the sea, his daughter''s life is saved by six clown porpoises.

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines the smallest one was Madeline.” Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers even after 75 years! Pepito has moved to England. To help celebrate his birthday, Miss Clavel and the girls pay him a visit. When his mother won''t let Pepito keep one of his birthday presents--a horse--Madeline is more than willing to help out. Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was the author of the beloved Madeline books, including Madeline, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Madeline''s Rescue, winner of the Caldecott Medal.

The author and illustrator, know for his Madeline children''s books, describes his travels in Italy. This book describes a range of areas in Italy with narrative and illustrations. The author also talks about a range of people, the old prince in the Borghese Gardens of Rome, the sunny girl who did the chores in the author''s rented villa in Capri, and the professor exiled in the island of Ischia.

Growing up in a Europe at war, a French general''s daughter, rebellious and defiant, searches for a man strong yet tender enough to hold her.

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines the smallest one was Madeline.” Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers, even after 75 years. Join Madeline in another adventure when she and Pepito run off to join the carnival with a band of traveling gypsies! Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was the author of the beloved Madeline books, including Madeline, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Madeline''s Rescue, winner of the Caldecott Medal.

Three nuggets of personal reminiscences decorated with black and white and with examples of the author''s oil paintings.

A pine tree growing on the edge of an abyss grew so twisted that the lumbermen never cut it down, and it was able to provide shelter for an old stag.

"Here are four favorite Bemelmans books that have not been easily available recently. My war with the United States is his discovery of America in 1914, when he left Austria for these shores prepared to hunt Indians, and wound up in the U.S. Army. Small beer is the risible saga of his adventures and discoveries on the long road from a remote Tirolese village to New York, Hollywood, and the cosmopolitan world. The donkey inside takes us on his own magic carpet to a little, hidden-away country of Equador--the high life of Quito, the home life of the provinces, and a good slice of exotic side life. Finally there is I love you, I love you, I love you--a star-spangled potpourri that presents the author in his various roles of bon vivant, doting parent, luxurious vagabond, and somewhat gullible uplifter of down-and-outers. There are also several of his choicest articles and stories not published before in book form."--Book jacket.

A travelog in which the author-artist describes a long trip to Paris, the Tyrol, Capri and Ischia.