Eloise has to take a bath. So she locks herself in the bathroom and makes it a long drawn-out affair, with her pet turtle and many pretendings: storms at sea, pirate ships, mermaids, ocean exploration, water-skiing and sailing and rowing crew etc. etc. With all the water running (tub faucet, shower head and sink open) so you can imagine what happens: overflow. Dripping down from the topmost floor and nobody in the hotel can figure out where the leak is coming from! The water causes consternation for important guests, ruins desserts in the dining area and floods the masquerade ball! But in the end it is alright, charmingly so.
This one has two foldout pages- one that opens vertically (like the elevator page) to show all the plumbing, and the other a horizontal double-wide spead of the flooded ballroom extravaganza. Such fun! Delightfully expressive illustrations.
Note: this book was written in 1964, but not published until 2002. There’s a note in the back that explains what happened.
Borrowed from the public library.
