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King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Paperback – Picture Book, September 13, 2010

by Audrey Wood (Author), Don Wood (Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,335 ratings
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In this funny bath-time story, a stubborn king refuses to leave his bathtub. After all, why should he? He can dance, sing, fish, play, and even eat in his wonderful tub. 

One by one, the Knight, the Queen, the Duke—and eventually all the members of the King's Court—try to persuade King Bidgood to leave his sumptuous bath. No luck!

Why the King finally leaves his bath makes for a delightful surprise ending to this delightful tale.

Award-winning author Audrey Wood and her husband, artist Don Wood, created this classic picture book that continues to amuse and entrance children of all ages.

This book has won the following awards:

  • Caldecott Honor Book
  • American Library Association Notable Book
  • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
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  1. Reading age
    2 - 6 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Lexile measure
    AD380L
  6. Dimensions
    8.75 x 0.17 x 10.5 inches
  7. Publisher
    Clarion Books
  8. Publication date
    September 13, 2010
  9. ISBN-10
    0152054359
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0152054359
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"A humorously original tale. A voluptuous book." — School Library Journal

“Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be called on to peruse the book again and again.” — Booklist

About the Author

Audrey Wood is the author of many beloved books for children, including the best-selling classic The Napping House, its companion The Full Moon at the Napping House, Caldecott Honor Book King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, Heckedy Peg, Piggies, and Piggy Pie Po, all of which were illustrated by her husband, Don Wood. The Woods divide their time between California and Hawaii. www.audreywood.com   

Don Wood is the illustrator of many beloved books for children, including the bestselling classic The Napping House, its companion The Full Moon at the Napping House, Caldecott Honor Book King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, Heckedy Peg, Piggies, and Piggy Pie Po, all of which were written by his wife, Audrey Wood. The Woods divide their time between California and Hawaii. www.audreywood.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; First Edition (September 13, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0152054359
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0152054359
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 6 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD380L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.17 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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AUDREY WOOD is the much-loved author of more than thirty books for children, including the bestselling The Napping House, Piggies, Heckedy Peg, and most recently, Piggy Pie Po, which she collaborated on with her husband, Don Wood.

She lives in Hawaii.

My first memories are of Sarasota, Florida in the winter quarters of the Ringling Brothers' Circus. I was one year old and remember it vividly. My father, an art student, was making extra income by repainting circus murals.

The people in the circus were my friends. I was bounced on the knee of the tallest man in the world and rocked in the arms of the fat lady who could not stand up. My first baby-sitters were a family of little people who lived in a trailer next to ours. They tAudrey2old me stories about the animals they worked with: Chi Chi the Chimpanzee, an elephant named Elder, and Gargantua the Gorilla.

My mother says I was a fast learner, always ahead of my age. My father taught me to swim before I could walk. I walked at seven months and climbed over a seven foot chain link fence when I was one year old. Everyone in the circus thought I was going to be a trapeze artist.

When I was two, I traveled with my parents to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where they studied art. Spanish became my second language. Because my mother read to me every day, I fell in love with books and was reading by age three.

My parents had two more girls, which made me the oldest sister. All of us were trained in the arts: music, dance, painting, and drama. We had a miniature stage in our basement, complete with light-bulb floodlights and a dusty red velvet curtain. Admission for the plays we produced was a bargain--twenty-five cents.

When I was in the first grade, I wanted to grow up to be an artist like my father. Then, in the fourth grade, I decided I'd like to be a children's book author. As an adult who writes and illustrates children's books, I have realized both my childhood ambitions.

I got in trouble in school once for crossing out my favorite author's name and putting in mine--Audrey Brewer instead of Dr. Seuss!

My great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all professional artists. Since I am also a professional artist, there are four consecutive generations of artists in our family. However, I am the only female artist.

On our honeymoon, I read my new husband Don Wood the classic children's book entitled At the Back of the North Wind. Seven years later, we teamed up to create our first picture book together.

When our son Bruce Robert was two years old, I began to read picture books to him. He helped to remind me of my childhood ambitions. That's when I began to write children's books seriously.

www.audreywood.com

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Emily Webb
5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Kids Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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I remembered my parents reading this book to me as a child and I adored the story and the pictures. I bought it for myself as an adult and the story and the pictures still hold up. Still delightfully silly. Well written and well drawn. A great picture book for all ages.
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Danielle Agriopoulos
5.0 out of 5 stars A Bedtime Classic
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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Funny story, gorgeous illustration, and fun to read out loud.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I’ve always loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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Fabulous gift. Cute story and incredible illustrations.
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Keeley Rankin
5.0 out of 5 stars Love
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
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My two and a half year old absolutely loves this book! He really loves these two authors and almost anything they write. He tends to love. This book has incredible drawings. They are super impressive and really fun to look at even as an adult
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderfully Whimsical, Ridiculous Read.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2012
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Children enjoy the ridiculous, and an authority figure who won't get out of a bathtub is certainly that. Like many picture books, Don and Audrey Wood's whimsically illustrated "King Bidgood's in the Bathtub" is geared toward 4-8-year-olds but would appeal to the love for the absurd that resides in readers of all ages.

A major theme of King Bidgood is that the solution to what seems like an impossible problem is often quite simple and can be solved by a mere child. The young page in this story enlists the help of all his "betters"--a knight, a queen, a duke, and the entire court--to get the king out of the bathtub, but in the end, he (a simple servant boy) outwits them all. While the others invent elaborate needs that the king must attend to--battles, feasts, fishing, and dancing--the page simply pulls the plug.

Much of the book's humor lies in the characterization of the king and his court. Rather than get out of the tub or reject the court's expressed needs, the king tries to satisfy the needs while remaining where he's at. He gladly welcomes the knight to battle in his tub, the queen to feast in his tub, the duke to fish in his tub, and--to every child's delight--the entire court to dance in his tub. These are feats that can only be accomplished through pure, fun-loving imagination on the part of the illustrator and the readers.

As the book progresses, the court's facial responses are grossly exaggerated, their expressions of amazement and dismay heightening. And when the court fail in their attempts, they try to preserve their dignity, however wet and bedraggled they may be. The king, on the other hand, is completely at ease until the very end of the book, when suddenly the page adopts a look of immense satisfaction and pulls the bathtub plug, and the king is left astonished and fumbling for a towel.

In addition to providing humor and developing characters, the illustrations provide a rhythmic framework of light for the plot, alternating between the well-lit bathroom and the ever-changing quality of light in the castle hall, where the moon rises and falls. Within the general rhythmic framework of the illustrations lie fascinating details. The more one looks, the more one sees. The cake in the feast scene has a miniature king-in-bathtub figure on top; the knight in the battle scene accidentally leaves the bathroom with a tiny ship on the end of his scabbard . . . An observant reader will also notice that the chain to the bathtub plug is visible in every picture, as a foreshadowing of the solution.

The text, also rhythmic, is unrhymed, but each time the king invites folks into his tub, his plea ends in a delightful three-word repetition: boom, boom, boom; yum, yum, yum; trout, trout, trout; and jig, jig, jig. In the end, though, the king is stunned into silence, and the last repetition--or last laugh, you might say--is not his own, but the tub's: glub, glub, glub.

The book will leave children clamoring for more, and Don and Audrey Wood have plenty of others that will satisfy, including the award-winning "The Napping House," which has in common with King Bidgood a delightful brand of visual slapstick distinctive to the Woods. Both books would make an excellent addition to any child's or classroom's library.
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5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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The illustrations in this book are phenomenal! They keep my niece's attention while I read the story.
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Marissa Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and weird
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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I had vivid memories of being read this book as a child and bought it for my little one. Somewhat of a weird concept but fun and memorable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very happy
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023
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The illustrations are amazing!!! A very fun book to read with kids.
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Lela
5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom
Reviewed in Brazil on May 4, 2022
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Ótimo livro para crianças. História engraçada
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Favourite Growing Up
Reviewed in Canada on May 14, 2021
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This book is silly, witty, and children love it. My 3 year old and 1 year old both pull it out daily and will spend long moments looking at the detakled illustrations.
A worthy purchase for anyone wanting to read aloud to their kids more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book
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Our daughter loved it so much. It is a really beautifully drawn book. Reading it out loud is so much fun.
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Atharva
5.0 out of 5 stars King Bidgood is in the bathtub and wont come out
Reviewed in India on December 14, 2019
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No matter what..the King wont come out of the bathtub. Knight and Queen and Duke and Court all give a shot but in vain. But then Page has an idea to make King come out of bathtub.
A silly story which will make children laugh.
Illustrations by Don Wood are amazing.
This review is for hardback edition by Child's Play Ltd (ISBN : 9780859533409)
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5.0 out of 5 stars King Bidgood is in the bathtub and wont come out
Reviewed in India on December 14, 2019
No matter what..the King wont come out of the bathtub. Knight and Queen and Duke and Court all give a shot but in vain. But then Page has an idea to make King come out of bathtub.
A silly story which will make children laugh.
Illustrations by Don Wood are amazing.
This review is for hardback edition by Child's Play Ltd (ISBN : 9780859533409)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely illustrations.
Reviewed in Italy on December 6, 2018
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Beautiful illustrations and so many details. We notice something new each time we read the story. My child likes reading it and so do I!
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