Betsy and Kate would like to offer a word of warning to their mother with this one. Somehow, this ended up being their longest episode. If she listens to this on the treadmill, she might do herself a serious injury. It's a whopping 48:17 (and that's edited down!). I guess it's not surprising when you do a book as long as SCM. And boy howdy do they come up with all kinds of stuff to discuss here. A smattering includes . . .

Source Notes:

- Here's the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac link from Anita Silvey that discusses The Stinky Cheese Man: http://childrensbookalmanac.com/2011/10/the-stinky-cheese-man-and-other-fairly-stupid-tales/

- This is the ridiculous Stinky Cheese Man stuffed toy. Betsy loves him so much! He is, as she suggested, from YottoY: https://www.yottoy.com/collections/the-stinky-cheese-man

- And here's a video of someone making it run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV_7KfCt5AE

- Here he is at #91 on the second Top 100 Picture Books poll: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/16/top-100-picture-books-91-the-stinky-cheese-man-and-other-fairy-stupid-tales-by-jon-scieszka-illustrated-by-lane-smith/

- A House That Once Was is a true Caldecott contender. Find it!! http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2018/04/13/review-of-the-day-a-house-that-once-was-by-julie-fogliano-ill-lane-smith/

- And here's a link to the mentioned Astronuts from Jon and Steven Weinberg: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/76310-rights-report-week-of-march-12-2018.html

- Did you miss Battle Bunny? Don't! Read this review and enjoy!: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2013/07/10/review-of-the-day-battle-bunny-by-jon-scieszka-and-mac-barnett/

-And here's the book that came out last year that makes fun of Lane Smith's name. SO GOOD! http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/11/10/review-of-the-day-im-just-no-good-at-rhyming-by-chris-harris-ill-lane-smith/

-Yep. The Berenstain Bears podcast Deep In Bear Country is really remarkable stuff. Highly recommended. Though, and we say this with deep and abiding regret, we cannot find them doing Berenstain Bears and the Bully. https://berenstainbearcast.wordpress.com/

-The Florida bookseller who gets tattoos from artists is Becky Quiroga. Publishers Weekly did a piece on her years ago. That said, her Lane Smith isn't Stinky Cheese Man after all. It's the ape from It's a Book. Here is the PW story on her: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/48874-characters-ink-a-children-s-bookseller-s-tattoos.html

For the full Source Notes, please go here: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2018/05/21/fuse-8-n-kate-the-stinky-cheese-man-by-jon-scieszka-and-lane-smith/