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
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.One hot summer day, the British queen longs to take a refreshing dip in the sea, but her lady-in-waiting is scandalized. For a royal day out at the library, pair this outstanding title with Celeste Davidson Mannis's The Queen's Progress (Viking, 2003).—Linda L. From School Library Journal K-Gr 3—In delightful rhyming prose, Whelan brings history to life recounting an amusing anecdote of Queen Victoria and her bathing machine (currently on display at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight). Comical details and the inclusion of the royal couple's nine mischievous children in many of the scenes add to the fun. He discards his first idea involving a catapult, but inspiration strikes in the middle of the night. "It would be a disgrace/to see more of the queen than her hands and her face." Victoria's devoted husband, Albert, gives all his genius to the problem, promising to come up with a way to transport her unseen from the beach to the water. Impressed and excited, Victoria dons her bathing suit inside the clever contraption and the bathing machine is then rolled iGhost Light on Graveyard Shoal: the very name sends shivers down your spine, and the book lives up to its thrilling title. He got covered in dust and was never blue again! Poor Coyote. A lot of the advice and exercises seem to be simplified versions of methods used in mindfulness therapy and CBT. So much of what Dr. As Agnes tirelessly promotes her husband's best interests, she mixes with the best of Washington society, including President Lincoln. If you are a newcomer to presentation skills:Based on numerous studies of such things as "primacy and recency" (what was said first, and what was said most recently), it is generally acknowledged that people tend to pay most attention at the beginning of a standard presentation, nearly as much at the end, and least in the middle.According to this book, however, and with no hint of an explanation or supporting evidence, the exact opposite is true.The rest of the content is of a similar quality.It is possible, of
- Title : Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine
- Author : Gloria Whelan
- Rating : 4.65 (673 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-9-5
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 40 Pages
- Asin : 1416927530
- Language : English
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