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Podcast: Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLC
Episode: The English Roses (2017) by Madonna and Jeffrey Fulvimari (Illustrator)
Description: An inspiring story about the importance of compassion and the rewards of friendship in a new Anniversary Edition in a beautiful larger format.
Madonna's The English Roses is a story of rivalry and friendship among schoolgirls in contemporary London. Four girls--Nicole, Amy, Charlotte, and Grace--are eleven years old and the very best of friends. They have sleepovers, picnics and ice-skating parties that exclude Binah, a beautiful girl whose seemingly perfect life makes them "green with envy." However, when a feisty, pumpernickel-loving fairy godmother takes them on a magical journey, they learn to their great surprise that Binah's li...