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  • The Queen's Handbag

The Queen's Handbag

Author
Illustrator
Steve Antony
Publication Date
May 20, 2017
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
The Queen's Handbag
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Description

From Steve Antony, the author and illustrator of Please, Mr. Panda, I'll Wait, Mr. Panda, and Green Lizards VS. Red Rectangles. A very naughty thief has stolen the Queen's handbag! There's only one thing to do: chase the thief all over the landmarks of Great Britain!

Hold on to your hats and join the Queen in this epic wild goose chase after one sneaky swan by car, motorbike, plane, boat, and more to get her handbag back! Young children will love the search-and-find fun of the story, the hysterical mayhem that breaks loose, and Steve Antony's winning art style.

The Queen's Handbag celebrates some of Great Britain's most famous sites, like Stonehenge and Edinburgh Castle, and back matter explains their significance.

Publication date
May 20, 2017
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338032932
Publisher
Scholastic Press
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV034000 - Juvenile Fiction | Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
JUV030050 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Europe
Library of Congress categories
Great Britain
Swans
Kings, queens, rulers, etc
Queens
Handbags

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1—This jolly, -Where's Waldo?—-style tour of Great Britain features a child-friendly queen and one of her corgis. When her ubiquitous handbag is stolen by a thieving swan, the monarch chases after him. Traveling by motorcycle, airplane, and bicycle, she goes all over Great Britain, visiting some of its most famous sites, including Windsor Castle, the White Cliffs of Dover, Oxford, and Edinburgh Castle. The monochromatic illustrations are simple yet heavily populated with figures, giving readers many hilarious details to find, such as the druidic policeman at Stonehenge, the kilted policeman performing riding tricks in Edinburgh, and the panda bear competing in the London Marathon alongside the queen, her corgi, and the criminal swan. The endpapers show hundreds of bobbies doing all sorts of silly things that will afford readers great amusement. After the story, Antony includes a brief description of each site that the queen and company visited. Some children may be confused because the verbs used on most pages correspond with the action depicted on the next spread. However, this format will create a sense of suspense when the book is read aloud. VERDICT A strong addition to most picture book collections.—B. Allison Gray, Goleta Public Library, CA

Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Steve Antony
Steve Antony is the popular author and illustrator of Please, Mr. Panda (S'il vous plaît, M. Panda​); I'll Wait, Mr. Panda (C'est prêt, M. Panda?); Thank You, Mr. Panda (Merci, M. Panda); The Queen's Hat; Green Lizards vs. Red Rectangles; and Betty Goes Bananas. The Queen's Hat was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK. Steve lives in Swindon, England.
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