If you've ever found yourself thinking, "You know, I like the Fuse 8 n' Kate podcast, but would it kill them to occasionally do terrible French accents for long periods of time?" then have we got a show for you!! This week Kate's sick, but the sisters plod onward and upward. In the course of things the episode turns out to be a momentous one. We doubt you'll see where this conversation will turn. It's a shocker.

Show Notes:

- In case you missed it you can check out this 9-second Vine of Nickelback called "Look At This Graph". Full explanation here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/people-cant-stop-watching-this-hilarious-nine-sec?utm_term=.pu8lKjz8r#.dwN8j51nP

- Actually, the book came out in 1939. So that whole "Post-WWII" bit . . . um . . . yeah.

- No. They visit her after Day Ten. Betsy says it's between 1-10 days. Nope. It's post ten.

- In the first Top 100 Picture Books poll, Madeline was at #8: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/06/top-100-picture-books-poll-results-8/

- When the poll was repeated three years later it sank to #47: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/29/top-100-picture-books-47-madeline-by-ludwig-bemelmans/

- The Bemelmans Bar? So very awesome. Worth a trip, I assure you. It's located in The Carlyle: https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/the-carlyle-new-york/dining/bemelmans-bar

- For a marvelous post on the gaping, huge flaw, please read the marvelous Peter Sieruta piece at Collecting Children's Books called Something is Not Right: A Madeline Mystery: http://collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/something-is-not-right-madeline-mystery.html

For full Show Notes visit: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/12/11/fuse-8-n-kate-madeline-by-ludwig-bemelmans/