What was your favorite children's book?
My favorite children's books was the Madeline series. "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines ..." It was the stories of little catholic boarding school girls who lived in Paris. The whole books were written in rhyme so they were very easy to read. I loved the mischief Madeline always got into- but how Miss Clavel always seemed to love her the most.
Madeline and her schoolmates were like sisters, being that they all lived together and did everything as a group. I grew up as an only child, so I think I gravitated to these books because of the camaraderie it portrayed. Additionally, I think these books may have been the very first spark in my brain that began my lifelong fascination with languages and cultures. I used to memorize the short French phrases they said.
My parents even bought me a Madeline doll :)
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