Madonna in grace
( 2003-09-15 14:19) (Agencies)
Madonna cast aside her raunchy pop image to throw a tea party for the launch
of her first children's book.
The pop icon who has had more style makeovers than David Bowie played the
demure 45-year-old mother of two to publicise "The English Roses", her first dip
into the highly lucrative world of children's publishing.
About 100 children sat eagerly at her feet in a London roof garden as she
read from her illustrated tale which, with Harry Potter-style hype, is being
launched in 30 languages and@than 100 countries.
Madonna, flanked by her son, Rocco, and her daughter, Lourdes, sat on a
garden swing chair reading in her best bedtime story voice.
Forget the steamy pop videos, conical bras and foul mouthed outbursts. Here
was "Mamma-Donna", elegantly attired in a floral cream dress and sporting
spectacles that would not have looked out of place on a prim schoolteacher's
nose.
Before launching into her brief reading, the icon who is hounded by paparazzi
and tabloids around the world confessed to the children: "I like little kids
better than big people because they don't have any bad habits
yet."
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