That feisty queen is at it again. As in The Queen's Hat (2015), something once again disappears from her person: this time, a swan steals her handbag just as she's preparing for her tour of Great Britain! Well, readers won't miss out, as the queen, corgi in tow, chases the swan on her own frenzied tour across the UK. With her dutiful, varied guards swarming behind her, the queen motorbikes through England's Stonehenge, parachutes across Wales' Snowdonia National Park, speedboats around Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway, gallops on horseback past Scotland's Edinburgh Castle, and traverses other such landmarks. It's not until she joins the London marathon that she finally catches up to the swan and its stolen cargo, but, of course, she is victorious once again. The mostly blue illustrations are touched with red, and both the chase and the well-placed page turns keep this moving. The final page of the narrative contains a little nod to the first volume, and back matter explains the places that young browsers may not recognize.

In this British import, follow-up to The Queen's Hat, a swan snatches the queen's handbag, setting off a wild chase past various UK landmarks. The queen, her dog, a horde of police officers, and a butler carrying her hatbox use multiple modes of transportation in pursuit. Their zany antics, illustrated in small-scale detail, will keep readers poring over each spread. Brief endnotes describe the sites.

In a second wacky tale about the British monarch, Antony shows the high jinks that ensue when the queen's most precious accessory is snatched by a swan. The cartoonish queen figure and her corgi give chase through the streets of London and all over Britain, pursued by an ever growing phalanx of uniformed police officers. From London, the energetic royal and her dog drive through Stonehenge, bike to the white cliffs of Dover, fly to Oxford, parachute into Snowdonia, navigate the Giant's Causeway in a boat, catch a train past the Angel of the North to Edinburgh Castle, and ride back to London on horseback. The sneaky swan is finally apprehended at the finish line of the London Marathon. As in predecessor The Queen's Hat (2015), the police appear to be identical, but on closer inspection there are amusing variations: a druid appears in Stonehenge, the Mad Hatter rides a bike, one wears a kilt and another's in Union Jack underwear, and a camel and a panda can be found in the marathon crowd. Kids will enjoy the opportunities for Where's Waldo-style observation in the neat, repetitive colored-pencil drawings, which continue from the cover throughout the book, including front and rear endpapers. Brief closing notes on the landmarks depicted follow the caper, but they won't do much to fill in the gaps for readers unfamiliar with the geography. A jolly British lark but with somewhat limited educational value. (Picture book. 2-5)