The English Roses "The Guardian", poet and novelist Michael Rosen found "The English Roses" to be heavier on the moralistic side rather than being ironic, which he felt was the norm for children's books. In the same article, author Francesca Simon felt the book "has no characters, no story and there is no tension, which is a problem." Both criticized Fulvimari's illustrations with Rosen describing them as "odious pictures". Emily Nussbaum of "New York" magazine found Binah's character was "the blandest, most passive good-girl on Earth, the opposite of Madonna" and felt that by writing the book, the singer was in a way
The Way-Out Record for Children young children to encourage their children's "spontaneous movement" and for "listening to in a variety of environments." In her 1975 book on dance in elementary education, Ruth Lovell Murray wrote that, compared to earlier volumes in Dimension 5's children's music series, "The Way-Out Record for Children" and "The Electronic Record for Children" both "offer particularly good possibilities for exploration and improvisation." She suggested "School for Robots," "Accents," "Rubber- bands," "The Saucer's Apprentice", "Four Seasons" and "Tools" for tutors. In her 1976 book "Talkabout: An Early Childhood Language Development Resource, Volume 2", Judith Pasamanick included the album in a list of