Madeline is a story book character who many little girls could relate to. It is about 12 girls in a boarding house who have all sorts of adventures and survive the adventures of every day life. The Child Madeline Costume includes a coat and a hat. The coat to this costume is blue and long sleeved, while the capelet is the same color but features an attached red ribbon. The included hat is yellow and has a black ribbon band that flows off of the hat itself. Let your daughter dress as the adventurous and curious little girl who traverses France plenty of times over. Madeline is a great storybook that has been going on for decades, and has been teaching little girls lessons forever. In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. They left the house at half past nine, the smallest one was Madeline!