Mr. Peabody's Apples which Tommy thought would be impossible. It was then Mr. Peabody reminded Tommy that it is impossible to undo the damage he had done spreading the rumor that Mr. Peadbody was a thief. In 2003, American singer Madonna signed a contract with Callaway Arts & Entertainment and released her first children's book as an author, "The English Roses", which was translated into 42 different languages over 100 countries. The book debuted at number one on "The New York Times" Best Seller list, spending a total of 18 weeks there. Following the success of "The English Roses", Madonna worked on her
The English Roses because their lives might be harder than ours." The reviewer noted Jewish influences in the story with the name Binah, and the character calling her father "papa" and wearing a "shmatte" on her head. Kate Kellaway of "The Observer" described the story as "written in language that veers between Hilaire Belloc and breakfast TV", finding the tone arch and strained but containing charm. She felt Fulvimari's illustrations made the book look like "a party invitation with his pictures of a garlanded, girly existence: each English rose a fashion-plate, with a doe-eyed stare, caught up in a whirl of blue butterflies,