The English Roses Madonna hosting a tea party at London's Kensington Roof Gardens, as well as appearances on television talk shows and at book signings. Commercially, "The English Roses" debuted atop "The New York Times" Children's Bestseller list and sold over a million copies worldwide. However, it received mixed reviews from book critics who did not find the story interesting and panned the characterizations and its moralistic tone. Fulvimari's illustrations also received a mixed response. Madonna went on to release merchandise associated with "The English Roses" and further sequels to the book. The English Roses are four girls—Charlotte, Amy, Grace, and Nicole—who attend
The Stone Roses (album) but eclectic", and despite some moments of good songwriting ("Bye Bye Badman", "I Wanna Be Adored"), "their music is about sound, fingers lingering over the strings and so forth." "The Stone Roses" has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, according to the 2006 book covering the album for the "33⅓" music series. "The Stone Roses" was acclaimed by critics and musicians alike in subsequent years, being viewed as an even more important album than when it was first released, as reflected by its high ranking in polls of the greatest albums of all time. "Rolling Stone"s David Fricke later called