--- product_id: 8243214 title: "- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub" price: "€ 39.22" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8243214-king-bidgoods-in-the-bathtub store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # - King Bidgood's in the Bathtub **Price:** € 39.22 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** - King Bidgood's in the Bathtub - **How much does it cost?** € 39.22 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8243214-king-bidgoods-in-the-bathtub) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “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 Review: Raucous, funny book - My son was King Bidgood. He loved pretending with his toys in the bath and adored this book. It’s a great read-aloud. The rhythm, the story, the adventure, the humor. Th illustrations are incredible. Children will easily relate to it. Review: Young children love this story - This picture book is great for young kids. The illustrations are wonderful and full of things to look at and the story is engaging and relatable. It is also fun for the adult reading it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #9,130 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #25 in Children's Royalty Books (Books) #919 in Children's Literature (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,404 Reviews | ## Images ![- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XsFJjG3BL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Raucous, funny book *by J***G on August 7, 2026* My son was King Bidgood. He loved pretending with his toys in the bath and adored this book. It’s a great read-aloud. The rhythm, the story, the adventure, the humor. Th illustrations are incredible. Children will easily relate to it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Young children love this story *by D***N on June 19, 2026* This picture book is great for young kids. The illustrations are wonderful and full of things to look at and the story is engaging and relatable. It is also fun for the adult reading it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Wonderfully Whimsical, Ridiculous Read. *by B***L on January 27, 2012* 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. ## Frequently Bought Together - King Bidgood's in the Bathtub - The Napping House - The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8243214-king-bidgoods-in-the-bathtub](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8243214-king-bidgoods-in-the-bathtub) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-11-10*