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What to do? The Queen of Trouble (that charming town between Good-Grief! and Who's-to-Blame?) can't seem to catch a single wink, despite countless hours in her Twinkle Room equipped with plush pillows and sheets of silk and velveteen. She's decided that the Royal Mattress just won't do, that it's always either too hard or too soft: "Is it too much to request-- / After all, I am the Queen-- / ... More

What to do? The Queen of Trouble (that charming town between Good-Grief! and Who's-to-Blame?) can't seem to catch a single wink, despite countless hours in her Twinkle Room equipped with plush pillows and sheets of silk and velveteen. She's decided that the Royal Mattress just won't do, that it's always either too hard or too soft: "Is it too much to request-- / After all, I am the Queen-- / That I'd like a little rest / On a bed that's... in between?"

The servants mobilize the King, who springs into action: "Good citizens of Trouble, / Will you gather round the moat? / Your Queen's extremely restless-- / I suggest we take a vote!" Every possible solution goes up for review, from a rolling gurney to the Mister Tickle Dream Machine. But it's the sweet, young royal cat keeper who zeroes in on a solution. Isabella Abnormella Pinkerton McPugh enlists the King and his subjects to invent a revolutionary new mattress--the truly Queen-sized waterbed!

The verse of J. Patrick Lewis (Riddle-icious) proves as polished as ever, but it's Kyrsten Brooker's lively collage work that steals the show. Somehow she sneaks in blue T-shirts as moat water, while fabric swatches and architectural samples serve to anchor castle walls and wardrobes. Between Lewis's words and Brooker's spirited cast and composition, every page hums with pep and ingenuity. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes

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