I love Madeline books.  But this Madeline has ended up on the Banned Book list, and I understand why.  Although it was originally written in 1956/57, racial bias and stereotyping is alive and well.  The way the author describes the “gypsies” is harmful stereotyping.  I would have thought that although a classic, the publishing house might have tried to clean things up, or change it to remove parts like sewing the kids in lion pelts to hide them from their teacher (in effect stealing the children) would have been redone, but I cannot find that to be true.  So, while I love Madeline, I think this book can stay in the catacombs from which it came.