The Queen's Handbag

by Steve Antony, Steve Antony (Illustrator)

Overview

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!

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, and back matter explains their significance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338151176
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/30/2017
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	60 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Queen's Handbag"That feisty queen is at it again . . . Well, readers won't miss out, as the queen, corgi in tow, chases the swan on her own frenzied tour across the UK." — Booklist Praise for The Queen's Hat"The blue, red, and black cartoon illustrations on white pages are the highlight here, with humorous details aplenty." — School Library JournalPraise for Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony"Smart design decisions by Antony ... distinguish his visual storytelling. The warm gray backdrop and parade of black and white animals (a skunk, an ostrich, an orca) make the candy-colored doughnuts look all the more tantalizing. Novel perspectives ... provide freshness, too." — Publishers WeeklyPraise for Betty Goes Bananas by Steve Antony"Childlike illustrations in pencil and graphite sticks ... draw children into Betty's life with humor. ... Teachers and parents of short-fused toddlers will read this over and over." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

04/01/2017
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

School Library Journal

2017-03-06
In a second wacky tale about the British monarch, Antony shows the high jinks that ensue when the queen's most precious accessory is snatched by a swan. The cartoonish queen figure and her corgi give chase through the streets of London and all over Britain, pursued by an ever growing phalanx of uniformed police officers. From London, the energetic royal and her dog drive through Stonehenge, bike to the white cliffs of Dover, fly to Oxford, parachute into Snowdonia, navigate the Giant's Causeway in a boat, catch a train past the Angel of the North to Edinburgh Castle, and ride back to London on horseback. The sneaky swan is finally apprehended at the finish line of the London Marathon. As in predecessor The Queen's Hat (2015), the police appear to be identical, but on closer inspection there are amusing variations: a druid appears in Stonehenge, the Mad Hatter rides a bike, one wears a kilt and another's in Union Jack underwear, and a camel and a panda can be found in the marathon crowd. Kids will enjoy the opportunities for Where's Waldo-style observation in the neat, repetitive colored-pencil drawings, which continue from the cover throughout the book, including front and rear endpapers. Brief closing notes on the landmarks depicted follow the caper, but they won't do much to fill in the gaps for readers unfamiliar with the geography. A jolly British lark but with somewhat limited educational value. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews