claim: I Want to Know What Love Is is only a book.
evidence: Madeline is a book series , part of the Madeline media franchise , originally created by Ludwig Bemelmans .. Madeline. Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans. Ludwig Bemelmans. The series follows the daily adventures of Madeline , a 7-year-old girl attending a boarding school in Paris with eleven other girls , under the care of their teacher , Miss Clavel .. Madeline. Madeline. The first book was published in 1939 , and proved to be a success , so Bemelmans wrote many sequels in the 1940s and 1950s .. The series continued , written by Bemelmans ' grandson John Bemelmans Marciano .. John Bemelmans Marciano. John Bemelmans Marciano. In the first book , Madeline 's `` papa '' sends her a dolls ' house when she is recovering from an appendectomy , and the girls all go to visit their parents in the Christmas book .. Madeline. Madeline. As of 1998 , the series had sold over 15 million copies worldwide .