Is Madeline in an Orphanage?

4. Despite popular belief, Madeline was never intended to be an orphan. She was merely away at school, according to Bemelmans' family. When the 1998 live-action movie was made, though, the screenwriters decided to go ahead and play up the "orphan" storyline, but this isn't original canon.

What kind of school does Madeline go to?

According to Marciano, although Madeline attends a French boarding school, she is an American with parents bearing the surname Fogg. This detail was apparently buried in a manuscript Bemelmans drafted in the early 1950s after a visit to Texas.

WHO adopts Madeline?

Dog Named Genevieve: She once fell off a bridge into the River Seine and was rescued by a stray dog named Genevieve whom she adopted. Madeline grew quite attached to Genevieve before Lord Cucuface and the head of trustees of the school, forced Genevieve leave.