The English Roses: Too Good To Be True

Too Good To Be True is the sequel to The English Roses, Madonna's first children's book. The central character, Binah, is broadly autobiographical (Binah says: "my mother [...] died when I was little", just as Madonna's mother did). The theme (jealousy) is interesting, though the moral could be more subtle. The illustrations are by Stacy Peterson (who can draw female characters but not males).

Sweets feature heavily, with one of the characters being called Candy Darling (named after the Andy Warhol acolyte) and one page being decorated with drawings of assorted candies - a theme which would later develop into the album Hard Candy and its title track, Candy Shop.