King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (Picture Book) (Award Winning)

     I read King Bidgood's in the Bathroom written by Audrey Wood and illustrated by Don Wood.  This book was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers.  This book is a story about a King named King Bidgood who refuses to leave his bathtub to rule his kingdom.  Throughout the story, the Page asks different members of the King's Court to help the King leave the bathtub.  Not one member is successful is this quest.  Eventually, the whole court attempts to make King Bidgood leave the bathtub and along with this, the Page boy has a brilliant idea.
     I love the illustrations in this book.  Although the book was written in 1985, the illustrations portray a time setting from a much older time.  I read this book a lot as a child and my favorite thing about this book were the illustrations.  I loved examining all the tiny details and imagining myself in the story.  This story uses a lot of repetitive language which allows younger readers to follow the story more easier. I think this book is a great book with easy to follow language and unique and detailed illustrations.
     I think a great classroom activity a teacher could do with their classroom would be to have each student add their own page to the story.  Students could create their own illustration to the story.  This is the perfect activity because this story is relatively repetitive.  This allows room for additional pages to be added by students.
     http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/king-bidgoods-bathtub-lesson-plan  This is a link to another classroom activity where students identify the plot, character, and setting.
     Subject: Cleverness, cooperation and teamwork, imagination.

•   Genre: Comedy and Humor 
•   Awards: The Randolph Caldecott Medal 

•   This is a youtube link to a class presentation of song originally made about this book.