will be called Mr. Peabody's Apples and will be available on 10 November 2003. i didn' realize she was going to release them so close together.

It's all a load of rubbish.Just because she's had lots of sucess at singing, it doesn't mean she can even write a half decent childnre's book. Parents would have to be mad to buy these for their children.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Is this a sequel to The English Roses or a follow-up to her previous stab at authoring? Will we see Madonna polishing Mr. Peabody's apples?

mike464 said:

many critics would disagree with you. I've heard very positive things about this book, its artwork and its message.

mike464 said:

children could write a half-decent children's book. this isn't fucking rocket science.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Madonna is serious about writing children's books.She has written five books.Here are the release dates for each book...

***"Mr.Peabody's Apples" due November 2003

***"Yakov and The Seven Thieves" due March 2004

***"The Adventures Of Abdi" due June 2004

***"Lotsa Casha" due September 2004


The first book "The English Roses" is doing very well on the Bestseller list.I wouldn't be surprised if one of these stories is eventually made into an animated film.

mike464 said:

I bought "The English Roses" and it's a really good book.You'd be surprised.It has a great message and wonderful pictures.

DavidEye said:

Of course you bought it!!! You wouldn't be you if you didn't.

BTW - it's at number 6 on the NY Times best seller list...

Didn't you buy it too?

DavidEye said:

No, but I read it... It's good.

Be sure to buy a copy for your daughter

DavidEye said:

My boy bought it, so I din't have to...it's a nice book, though!

endorphin74 said:

I didn't know you had a son

i'll be honest, and i mean no disrespect to anyone following kaballah, but i didn't buy it because i don't agree with where the money goes. i did go the store and intend on buying it, but then i remembered madonna saying on oprah that all the proceeds go to that school where kaballah is taught, so i put it down and decided not to buy it. i did like the illusrations,though.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

huh, interesting...

Yeah, that struck me as odd. I knew the money was going to 'charity' but I got a bad taste when Madonna said WHICH charity. I imagined her funneling the money to low-income areas, art schools, or something more 'high-impact'. When I heard where she was sending the proceeds, I was disappointed.

Silly question...but um...why? Have I missed something here?

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

You'd better buy no more Prince things too from now on, cause guess where his money goes?

bananacologne said:

well, i personally don't agree with kaballah or its teachings...that's the major reason. secondly, though, the people that go to the spiritual center she speaks of are wealthy and upper class people. i don't feel they need our money. if you want your proceeds to go to charitable causes, make it towards something that needs the money. but that's just my opinion. at the end of the day it is her money to do with as she sees fit, as mine is for me to do as i see fit.

Marrk said:

...but i believe in christianity...

this whole Kaballah fad is nonsense. it's the Scientology of the 00's.



btw, just found an article where some rabbi goes apeshit on Madonna.


Subject: Madonna's use of Kabbalah and Judaism slammed
Date sent: Tue 7/10/2003 1:38 PM

Madonna and her use of Kabbalah and Judaism slammed by leading Rabbi
"Madonna has taken the Zohar, the book of luminosity, and made it
dark," Rabbi says

7 October 2003 - Pop queen Madonna has been criticised by a leading
Rabbi for the way she is embracing Kabbalah and other aspects of
Judaism.

Writing on SomethingJewish (www.somethingjewish.co.uk), Rabbi Shmuley
Boteach says of Madonna: "Kabbalah argues for the spiritual supremacy of
women over men, for feminine transcendence over masculine imminence, and
feminine radiance over masculine expedience. Yet Madonna has spent her
career dishonouring women, portraying them as chunks of meat bereft of
personalities or even souls."

Rabbi Boteach is the author of international best-sellers Kosher Sex,
Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments and Dreams. His most recent
book, The Private Adam: Becoming a Hero in a Selfish Age looks at how
celebrities have been elevated to hero status over more 'worthy' role
models, and how the balance can be redressed.

Rabbi Boteach adds in his syndicated column: "Madonna has taken the
Zohar - "the book of luminosity" - and made it dark. While Judaism will
always flourish with spiritual seekers, it will founder with
publicity-seekers. God promised Abraham that his children would be "like
the stars of the heaven,"
not the stars of the silver screen. The stars of heaven give light amid
an all-encompassing darkness, and, indeed, the Jewish nation has
retained its righteousness in a dark and cruel world. But movie stars
are counterfeit constellations, artificially illuminated fakes set in a
world of make believe. Far from aggrandizing Kabbalah, Madonna's
practice of it sends the message that one can be mystical without being
spiritual, and one can claim to be holy while having lost all dignity."

On the issue that Madonna is promoting Judaism, Rabbi Boteach remains
firm.
"Should we not embrace her as our saviour and princess, the woman who
renounced Catholicism in favour of Judaism? The woman who helped make
Judaism sexy? No. And here's why. The fact that Judaism is becoming
increasingly dependent on depraved pop cultural icons to make it appeal
to the masses is a sign of desperation rather than achievement, failure
rather than success."

The full article can be found at:
http://www.somethingjewis...ystic_.htm









hey, isn't this guy MJ's personal rabbi? name looks familiar.