Ludwig Bemelmans – författare

If there is such a thing as a comfort food book, Bemelmans' stories are it. His evocative tales of grand hotel life have a reporter's eye for sensory detail, yet he always manages to bathe his world and it's lovable characters in the mood of a fairytale. Meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe the African cook, Mr Sigsag, Monsieur Victor, Mespoulet and an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. A feast of food writing. And once you've read one Bemelmans' tale you fall in love and want to read the lot.

The classic picture book that has been charming childrenfor over 80 years.‘In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines…’ Something is not right with little Madeline. Her friends aresad when she goes to hospital to have her appendix removed. Butthey cheer up when see her impressive scar! The small but feisty heroine, Madeline, and her charming Parisianworld have been loved by children and adults alike for overeighty years.

'In an old house in Paris that was covered in vineslived twelve little girls in two straight lines...'It's Christmas Eve, and Miss Clavel and her charges are all inbed with colds.All except Madeline, who answers the door to a rug-seller. Butwhen she discovers that the rug-seller is also a magician,the little girls are whisked away on a magic Christmas carpetride! The small but feisty heroine, Madeline, and her charming Parisianworld have been loved by children and adults alike for overseventy years.Filled with the beautiful original illustrations, this makesa great Christmas gift for kids!Perfect for fans of the original Madeline, as well asthe other books in the Madeline Series including Madelinein London and Madeline at the White House, Madeline

A timeless classic picture book, loved throughout theworld'In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines...'Pepito lives next door to Madeline and her friends. When hemoves to London, he pines for the twelve little girls terribly.So Miss Clavel and her charges pay him a visit in London...and comehome with a new friend! The small but feisty heroine, Madeline, and her charming Parisianworld have been loved by children and adults alike for overseventy years.This 70th anniversary edition has a gold embossed detailing onthe cover

In this uproariously funny memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide, the luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he records the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls.In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian maître d'hôtel Monsieur Victor to the kindly waiter Mespoulets to Frizl the homesick busboy. Illustrated with his own charming line drawings, Bemelmans' tales of a bygone era of extravagance are as charming as they are riotously entertaining.

Ludwig Bemelmans came to the California home of famed interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl, for cocktails. By the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'.With hilarity and mischief, Bemelmans lifts the curtain on a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. To the One I Love the Best is a luminous painting of life's oddities and a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman.

When Ludwig Bemelmans encounters the dashing yet penniless Comte de St. Cucuface aboard a Paris train, he is swept into a deliciously absurd adventure across postwar France. Under the Count's gleeful tutelage, Bemelmans adopts the persona of a German prince, mastering the art of hoodwinking strangers with immaculate manners and effortless charm.Together, the unlikely duo embark on a run of outlandish escapades, living extravagantly on nothing at all. They dine in grand hotels, befriend millionaires, outwit restaurateurs and regale nouveau-riche Americans with fantastical tales of their aristocratic pasts.First published in 1952, this autobiographical travelogue from the beloved creator of Madeline brims with quick wit and whimsical illustrations. Bemelmans captures a France poised between eras, where fading old-world elegance mingles with the glitter of the new. Madcap, urbane and laugh-out-loud funny, it's a charming reminder that the most memorable journeys are the ones that let us become someone else entirely.