It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think Of Madeline's next adventure after the 1939 original, but he did it, and the result was, winner of the 1954 caldecott medal. One day on a walk through Paris (a "Twelve little girls...It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think Of Madeline's next adventure after the 1939 original, but he did it, and the result was, winner of the 1954 caldecott medal. One day on a walk through Paris (a "Twelve little girls in two straight lines" Kind of walk), Madeline slips and falls off a bridge right into the seine.