Cover of Madeline's Christmas

Madeline's Christmas

  • 1956 first published
  • 32 pages
  • 21 editions

Madeline's Christmas is a 1956 stage-magic fiction short story by Ludwig Bemelmans. The story is set in Paris, France. Key subjects include magicians, christmas, Madeline and Cold.

26 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 21 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 32 pages β€” about 35 minutes of reading at an average pace.

About Madeline's Christmas

With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas Eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school, and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug-selling magician.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Stories in rhyme
  • Magicians
  • Christmas
  • American Christmas stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Madeline
  • Paris, France
  • Christmas stories
  • Cold
  • Magic
  • Children's stories
  • Pictorial works
  • Molecular biology

Quick answers

Who wrote Madeline's Christmas?

Madeline's Christmas was written by Ludwig Bemelmans and first published in 1956.

What genre is Madeline's Christmas?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists.

How long is Madeline's Christmas?

The median edition has 32 pages, about about 35 minutes of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Madeline's Christmas?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Magician, The High King and The House with a Clock in Its Walls.

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