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Whelan, Gloria

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

40 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | May, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-2753-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4424-5885-7
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Modesty decreed that Queen Victoria mustn't be seen in her bathing costume. It's Prince Albert to the rescue with a queen-sized bathing machine. This entertaining story nicely encapsulates a curious bit of social history, with a jaunty tall-tale tone governing a rhymed text. The stifling frills of Victorian dress; the loving couple's delight in each other--Carpenter renders each in comical detail. Reading list, websites.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

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