Can I read Madeline and the Bad Hat on EtoBox?

Madeline and the Bad Hat by Ludwig Bemelmans is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Madeline and the Bad Hat about?

One day the Spanish ambassador moves into the Parisian house next door to Miss Clavel, Madeline, and her 11 classmates. And, His Excellency has a boy! Pepito, as he is named, is not just any boy: according to Madeline, he is a "bad hat"--for starters, he's equipped with an irksome slingshot, he "ghosts," and he boasts. And when Miss Clavel gives him a box of tools to function as an "outlet for his energy," he makes a guillotine for the cook's chickens. ("He ate them ROASTED, GRILLED, AND FRITO! Oh what a horror was PEPITO.") Children will love Ludwig Bemelmans's jaunty rhymes and simple, evocative drawings, and the ferocity with which the feisty Madeline suspects, condemns, and rebuffs the boisterous new boy neighbor. In the end, however, everything comes out right, and we, along with Miss Clavel, can relax. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson

Who reads Madeline and the Bad Hat?

Author

Ludwig Bemelmans

Publisher

The Viking Press

Published

1956

Language

EN

ISBN

9781591128144

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Adventure, Fiction

Rating

4.27 / 5 (16,388 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14