Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine
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Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 2014 · Est. 7 min read-aloud

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

By Gloria Whelan, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)

A queen's modesty dilemma leads to a royal invention.

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32 pages· 801 words· Est. 7 min read-aloud
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Queen Victoria loves swimming but struggles with maintaining her dignity in front of her subjects. Enter Prince Albert, who devises a clever invention to preserve her modesty. Discover the quirky, true tale of how a royal bathing machine changed history. Will this ingenious solution satisfy the queen's need for privacy and her passion for the water?

From the publisher

Prince Albert comes up with a royally creative solution to Queen Victoria’s modesty concerns in this true story that reveals an overlooked splash of history. Poor Queen Victoria! She loves to swim, but can’t quite figure out how to get to the water without her devoted subjects glimpsing her swimming suit. (Because, of course, such a sight would compromise her regal dignity.) Fortunately for the water-loving monarch, it’s Prince Albert to the rescue with an invention fit for a queen! This quirky tale about the longest reigning monarch in British history is as fun as it is authentic, and the book includes a picture of the actual bathing machine Prince Albert created.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Words
801
Reading age
5–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD820L
Themes & topics
Books about sports and recreationBooks about swimmingBooks about water sports
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.4
F&P level
~S
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
166359
Publication
Published
May 6, 2014
First published
February 4, 2014
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781416927532

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