The English Roses Hemingway, and Flannery O'Connor, was galvanized to write something new by herself. She wrote five stories and sent the manuscripts at the same time to Callaway, suggesting they be published together, but he wanted each story to be developed and released separately. In March 2003, it was announced that Madonna and Callaway Arts & Entertainment had signed a deal with Penguin Group to publish an original series of five illustrated storybooks for children. The first release under this deal was "The English Roses". The book and its characters were named after Madonna's daughter Lourdes' school friends at Lycée Franco-Libanais Tripoli.
School of Roses April 12, 2014, "School of Roses" charted at #44 on the "Billboard" 200, #5 on the R&B Albums, and #9 on the Independent Albums & Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. It also charted Billboard’s ‘Top Album Sales #44’ and ‘Top Digital Albums #13’. School of Roses School of Roses is the 2nd studio album from singer/rapper Christon Gray. It was released on March 25, 2014 by Collision Records. It charted on the "Billboard" 200 at #44 and #5 on R&B Albums. The 2nd studio album from singer/rapper Christon Gray is entitled "School of Roses", which was released on March 25,