The English Roses writing children's books. Madonna's Kabbalah teacher had asked her to share the wisdom she had gained through her studies of Jewish mysticism in the form of stories meant for children. The singer felt this was a "cool challenge", although it was an "out-left-field" idea completely different from her musical endeavors. While reading stories to her children at bedtime, Madonna found the books lacked spiritual messages. She also felt that the stories' fairy-tale characters, like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, appeared passive and were moved around according to the princes' wishes. Madonna, who was inspired by stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest
The Making of the English Landscape original book, Hoskins wrote an 84-page illustrated BBC book, "English Landscapes", to accompany the programme. Later in the 1970s, Jones went on to produce a series of 12 TV programmes for BBC2, "Landscapes of England", in which additional areas of the country were studied, leading to a further title, "One Man's England" to accompany the series. The Making of the English Landscape The Making of the English Landscape is a 1955 book by the English local historian William George Hoskins. It is illustrated with 82 monochrome plates, mostly photographs by Hoskins himself, and 17 maps or plans. It has appeared