A review by triscuit807
The Golden Basket by Ludwig Bemelmans

3.0

More than anything else this is a travel guide to Brussels for children told in short, pleasant anecdotes. Two young girls Celeste and Melisande Coggeshall (and their father) stay in a creaky old hotel (The Golden Basket). They explore it and the staff (especially the maitre d' and the cook) over the course of several days before setting off to do the same in the city and on the canals. Bemelmans most famous character, Madeleine, makes her first appearance; he both wrote and illustrated this book. I read it for my 2017 Reading Challenge "read a book set in a hotel' (PopSugar) and for my Newbery challenge (Honor book 1937).