Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

A lighthearted picture book inspired by a true story finds Prince Albert of 19th-century England innovating a creative solution when Queen Victoria is unable to indulge in her love for swimming without her devoted subjects glimpsing her swimming suit. By the National Book Award-winning author of Homeless Bird .

About the author

Gloria Whelan is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children and young adults. She won the National Book Award for young people’s literature for her novel Homeless Bird.Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt, Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine, Fannie in the Kitchen, and Loud Emily, among other books. Her works have garnered many honors, including two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at NancyCarpenter.website.

Product details

• Authors: Gloria Whelan, Gloria/ Carpenter Whelan, Whelan Gloria
• Assisted by: Nancy Carpenter (Illustration), Carpenter Nancy (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2014
• EAN: 9781416927532
• ISBN: 978-1-4169-2753-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Europe, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Royalty, General fiction (Children's / Teenage)