click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel, Madeline, and girls, along with the dog Genevieve, all returning to their boarding school home in Paris (scene from the new picture book,   Love from MADELINE  )   See a video on S
       
     
  click upper right corner of images to enlarge    above:  covers of the first 4 titles in the series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books & board books being released by publisher  Viking/Penguin-Random House  from 2022 thru 2025. They are written
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail view of bedtime scene from   Love from MADELINE   (the first title in a series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books)    LOVE from Madeline   -written by  John Bemelmans Marcian o & illu
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Madeline and friend riding the Ferris Wheel at the Carnival, from   MADELINE’S 123s   (the 3rd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S 123s    -written by  John Bemelma
       
     
  click upper right corner of images to enlarge    above:  a detail view of   Miss Clavel and girls heading off to school early in the morning, from   MADELINE Says Be Kind   (the 5th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE Say
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel, Madeline, and all the girls ice skating on a winter pond, from   MADELINE’S SEASONS   (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S SEASONS     -written
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  endpapers art for   Love from MADELINE   (the first title in a series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books)    Love from MADELINE  -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano  & illustrated by  Steve
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail of Madeline and her friend Pepito in a sailboat from   Love from MADELINE    (the first title in a series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books)    Love from MADELINE   -written by  John Bem
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel making sure all the girls wash and brush their teeth before bed time, from   MADELINE’S SEASONS   (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S SEASONS
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail view -Madeline assisting elderly man on the steps from,   Love from MADELINE   (the first title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    Love from MADELINE   -written by  John Bem
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Madeline and friends riding the Carousel at the Carnival, from   MADELINE’S 123s   (the 3rd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S 123s    -written by John Bemelmans M
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Madeline balancing on the bridge railing, from   MADELINE’S ABCs   (the 2nd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S ABCs    -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano  &
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail of Madeline having a summer swim from   MADELINE’S SEASONS   (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S SEASONS    -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano  &a
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel and girls together under an umbrella, from   MADELINE’S ABCs   (the 2nd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S ABCs    -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano
       
     
 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel, Madeline, and girls, along with the dog Genevieve, all returning to their boarding school home in Paris (scene from the new picture book,   Love from MADELINE  )   See a video on S
       
     

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above: Miss Clavel, Madeline, and girls, along with the dog Genevieve, all returning to their boarding school home in Paris (scene from the new picture book, Love from MADELINE)

See a video on Steven’s YouTube.com channel about this special MADELINE picture book project.

Read more detail on this special MADELINE picture book project

Steven Salerno is the illustrator of this special children’s book project illustrating 5 newMADELINE picture books & board books -to be released by publisher Viking/Penguin-Random House from 2022 thru 2025. And Steven has created the illustrations in the distinctive style of the originator of the Madeline character, Ludwig Bemelmans (born 1898, died 1962). His very first MADELINE picture book was released back in 1939 and is about a brave little girl in a yellow hat named Madeline living in an old Paris boarding school with 11 other girls and always under the watchful eye of the towering Miss Clavel.

All 5 of these new MADELINE titles are written by John Bemelmans Marciano, the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans and were released in the following order: 1) Love from MADELINE, 2) MADELINE’S ABCs, 3) MADELINE’S 123s, 4) MADELINE’S SEASONS, 5) MADELINE Says Be Kind, will be released in Spring 2025.

Love from MADELINE

“Salerno honors Bemelmans’ iconic work but adds a modern sensibility with brightly colored illustrations in thick, black outlines that move across white spaces. Readers will find the facial expressions and body language of Madeline and those with whom she interacts varied and engaging.”-Kirkus Reviews

“A classic character is revisited in a rhyming ode to love and kindness. The first in a series of new Madeline titles to be published by Viking, this book will charm newcomers with light, sketchy drawings. Bemelmans's work is well emulated here in digitized full-color pages by illustrator Steven Salerno.” -School Library Journal

  click upper right corner of images to enlarge    above:  covers of the first 4 titles in the series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books & board books being released by publisher  Viking/Penguin-Random House  from 2022 thru 2025. They are written
       
     

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above: covers of the first 4 titles in the series of 5 new MADELINE picture books & board books being released by publisher Viking/Penguin-Random House from 2022 thru 2025. They are written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans)

see Steven’s complete list of published picture books to date

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail view of bedtime scene from   Love from MADELINE   (the first title in a series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books)    LOVE from Madeline   -written by  John Bemelmans Marcian o & illu
       
     

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above: detail view of bedtime scene from Love from MADELINE (the first title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

LOVE from Madeline -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Madeline and friend riding the Ferris Wheel at the Carnival, from   MADELINE’S 123s   (the 3rd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S 123s    -written by  John Bemelma
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: Madeline and friend riding the Ferris Wheel at the Carnival, from MADELINE’S 123s (the 3rd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S 123s -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

  click upper right corner of images to enlarge    above:  a detail view of   Miss Clavel and girls heading off to school early in the morning, from   MADELINE Says Be Kind   (the 5th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE Say
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: a detail view of Miss Clavel and girls heading off to school early in the morning, from MADELINE Says Be Kind (the 5th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE Says Be Kind -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) to be published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, Spring 2025.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel, Madeline, and all the girls ice skating on a winter pond, from   MADELINE’S SEASONS   (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S SEASONS     -written
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: Miss Clavel, Madeline, and all the girls ice skating on a winter pond, from MADELINE’S SEASONS (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S SEASONS -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2023.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  endpapers art for   Love from MADELINE   (the first title in a series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books)    Love from MADELINE  -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano  & illustrated by  Steve
       
     

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above: endpapers art for Love from MADELINE (the first title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

Love from MADELINE-written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail of Madeline and her friend Pepito in a sailboat from   Love from MADELINE    (the first title in a series of 5 new  MADELINE  picture books)    Love from MADELINE   -written by  John Bem
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: detail of Madeline and her friend Pepito in a sailboat from Love from MADELINE (the first title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

Love from MADELINE -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel making sure all the girls wash and brush their teeth before bed time, from   MADELINE’S SEASONS   (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S SEASONS
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: Miss Clavel making sure all the girls wash and brush their teeth before bed time, from MADELINE’S SEASONS (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S SEASONS -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2023.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail view -Madeline assisting elderly man on the steps from,   Love from MADELINE   (the first title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    Love from MADELINE   -written by  John Bem
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: detail view -Madeline assisting elderly man on the steps from, Love from MADELINE (the first title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

Love from MADELINE -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Madeline and friends riding the Carousel at the Carnival, from   MADELINE’S 123s   (the 3rd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S 123s    -written by John Bemelmans M
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: Madeline and friends riding the Carousel at the Carnival, from MADELINE’S 123s (the 3rd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S 123s -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Madeline balancing on the bridge railing, from   MADELINE’S ABCs   (the 2nd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S ABCs    -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano  &
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: Madeline balancing on the bridge railing, from MADELINE’S ABCs (the 2nd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S ABCs -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  detail of Madeline having a summer swim from   MADELINE’S SEASONS   (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S SEASONS    -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano  &a
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: detail of Madeline having a summer swim from MADELINE’S SEASONS (the 4th title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S SEASONS -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2023.

 click upper right corner of images to enlarge   above:  Miss Clavel and girls together under an umbrella, from   MADELINE’S ABCs   (the 2nd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)    MADELINE’S ABCs    -written by  John Bemelmans Marciano
       
     

click upper right corner of images to enlarge

above: Miss Clavel and girls together under an umbrella, from MADELINE’S ABCs (the 2nd title in a series of 5 new MADELINE picture books)

MADELINE’S ABCs -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the MADELINE originator, Ludwig Bemelmans) published by Viking/Penguin-Random House, 2022.