Isabella Abnormella and the Very, Very Finicky Queen of Trouble

By DK Publishing, Kyrsten Brooker

A sleepless queen's comfort quest leads to an unexpected invention.

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32 pages· 511 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud

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Queen Angeline's sleepless nights make life miserable for the kingdom. The King tries everything, from wheelbarrows to dream machines, but nothing works. Enter Isabella, a clever servant girl with a unique idea. Can her inventive solution finally bring peace to the palace? Discover how a simple suggestion transforms into the ultimate comfort and changes the kingdom forever.

From the publisher

Even a Queen sometimes has trouble getting a good night’s sleep – especially when her mattress is either too hard or too soft. And when the Queen is unhappy, you can bet she makes the King and the citizens of Trouble miserable, too. While the King tries one absurd thing after another in hopes of finding a suitable bed for his hard-to-please Queen – from the gardener’s wheelbarrow to an enormous wicker basket (not too wide, but not too narrow) – nothing works to solve the problem, not even his Mister Tickle Dream Machine. Finally, a young servant girl, Isabella Abnormella Pinkerton McPugh, steps forth to say what SHE would do: “Queen Angeline might well prefer a bed that’s cool and wavy, Like bubble baths or like the seas that float the Royal Navy..”.And voila! Thanks to Isabella, the Queen’s insomnia is cured once and for all with the invention of – the Queen-sized waterbed!

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