At least now I know what all the fuss is about. I don't know that it has the feeling of a series 'ending' to me, but as it is the end - I don't intend to read any of the contemporary tag-along, coat-riding titles written and illustrated 'in the style of' the original creators - I can say that I have enjoyed meeting its heroine, even if she isn't destined to become one of my favorite picture-book characters. I'm glad I did, as it is an amusing tale, and reminded me of some of the pleasure I took in baths myself as a girl - the games I would play, the slip-sliding I would do, the general mess I would make. Still, as the story and the basic art ideas were all created back in the early 1960s, I consider it the last of the 'original' Eloise books, and as such, decided to include it in my recent classic picture-book character reading project. This edition, which was published in 2002, was authorized by her estate, and features newly updated artwork by Hilary Thompson.

Salomone be able to pinpoint the source of all the trouble.?Īlthough it was originally written by Kay Thompson in the 1960s, Eloise Takes a Bawth never saw print in her lifetime, being suppressed by the author for reasons unknown. Will the Venetian Masked Ball have to be cancelled, or will hotel manager Mr. As that pint-sized terror lolls about in the water, splashing here and there, playing imaginative games of all kinds - from surfing, to pirating, to underwater diving, she has the aquatic activities covered - and generally creating a mess, the consequences of her actions are felt all over the hotel, as leaks spring up here and there.

Eloise returns stateside in this fifth picture-book chronicling her frenetic fun, causing chaos at the Plaza Hotel by taking the longest, messiest (and most entertaining) bath on record.

Eloise takes a bawth