Literary series
A Madeline series follows the risky venture of a Parisian schoolgirl with red hair known as Madeline, world health organization typically is the causal agent of mischief for her teacher, Miss Clavel. Miss Clavel & everthing 12 of the pupils at her a lot-girls school sleep in an "old, vine-covered house" in Paris.

A books, & a indicate, detail Madeline's day-to-day escapade inside 1940's France. Daily, she & her friends break their bread, brush their dentition, return bed, & go for a hike inside 2 straight lines. Likewise, from each one book shows Madeline's bravery & kindness, especially in the face of adversity.

Film and television adaptations
A Madeline characters use at days appeared around film & animation several times. Among a earliest of their appearances was in the 1952 animated short Madeline', produced by United Productions of America (UPA) and directed by Bobe Cannon. A film was nominated for the 1952 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons), but misused to the Tom and Jerry cartoon Johann Mouse.

In the 1980s, Cinar adapted the number one six Madeline books into 6 alive television specials. Inside 1993, DiC began producing a Madeline Saturday morning cartoon for ABC, which was later re-known as A Future Adventures of Madeline in 1995. A indicate today aires on the Disney Channel during early-morning hours.

The survive-action feature adaptation of Madeline, produced witharound France by Jaffilms however shot inside English, was freed in 1998 by Tri-Star Pictures. It starred Hatty Jones when a title character, & Frances MacDormand as Miss Clavell. & its script encompassed a plots of triad of the books.

DiC besides produced deuce alive telefilms. Madeline: Misplaced within Paris (1999) featured Madeline being drawn into the cozenage by her supposed "Uncle" Horst, & sorting through out trueness meaning to the word "family." A 2nd cartoon feature, Madeline: The Fair Madeline (2002), puts our darling heroine around a London finishing school following for trying to prevent 2 stealer from either robbing the Louvre. After she finds retired that a stealer come around London, Madeline does all about she potty to prevent a babies from either stealing the Crown Jewels.