Madlenka
by Sís, PeterReligionThis book contains religious themes.
MulticulturalThis book contains several different cultural or ethnic groups.
WhiteThis book contains predominantly White people and/or the main character is White.
Female ProtagonistThe leading character in this book is female.
HinduismThis book contains Hinduism ideology and/or Hinduism activists.
BuddhismThis book contains Buddhist ideology and/or Buddhist activists.
Synopsis
A trip around a city block is like a trip around the world!Peeking out through a die-cut window on the jacket, Madlenka invites the reader to enter her world. And what a world it is! On the surface, it looks like an ordinary city block, but as we meet Madlenka's neighbors -- the French baker, the Indian news vendor, the Italian ice-cream man, the Latin American grocer, a retired opera singer from Germany, an African American school friend, and the Asian shopkeeper -- and look through die-cut windows to the images and memories they have carried from old country to new, we can see that Madlenka's block is as richly varied as its inhabitants. And why is Madlenka going around the block, jumping for joy? Her tooth is loose, and she wants everyone to know!
Madlenka is a 2000 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core connections.
- Illustrator: Peter Sís
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- ISBN-10: 0439233135
- ISBN-13: 9780439233132
- Reading Age: 4 - 7
- Grade Level: Pre-kindergarten - 2
- Number of Pages: 48
- Published At:2000
- Added at: 2024-05-25