The Eleventh Hour
- 32 stránek
- 2 hodiny čtení
Horace turns eleven and celebrates with a splendid party! But when the time comes for the birthday banquet, a most bizarre mystery is revealed. Visit graemebase.com
Graeme Base Knihy
6. duben 1958
Graeme Base je australský umělec a autor dětských knih, známý pro své detailní a nápadité ilustrace. Jeho díla často zkoumají svět fantazie a dobrodružství, přičemž vtahují mladé čtenáře do propracovaných vizuálních příběhů. Base klade důraz na hravé jazykové prvky a vizuální hádanky, které podporují aktivní zapojení a objevování. Jeho jedinečný styl kombinuje uměleckou zručnost s narativním vyprávěním, čímž vytváří knihy, které jsou stejně poutavé pro rodiče jako pro děti.
The Water Hole
- 32 stránek
- 2 hodiny čtení
In the tradition of his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey of discovery with an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book. From the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia, the animals come together to drink from the water hole. But their water supply is diminishing. What's going on? Each sumptuous landscape illustration conceals hidden animal pictures for readers to find as they count the animals that visit the water hole and try to solve the will the animals come back or is their water source gone forever?
Animalia is the alphabet with a twist. This book presents a fantasy world inhabited by familiar animals in unfamiliar situations. It includes illustrations that features a portrait of the author as a boy.
The Eleventh Hour. A Curious Mystery
- 44 stránek
- 2 hodiny čtení
When the special feast that was to be eaten at the elephant's eleventh birthday party is stolen, the reader is invited to guess the identity of the thief.
The Golden Snail has been banished to the ends of the earth and Wilbur sets out on a mission to free it. Along the way he makes friends who save him from rough seas and mazes of madness, returning him safely home. Visit Graeme Base online at: graemebase.com
My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch
- 48 stránek
- 2 hodiny čtení
`Grandma lived in Gooligulch, Near Bandywallop East. A fair way north of Murrumbum, (Five hundred miles at least).' Here is a rollicking tale with a distinctly Australian flavour. 32 pages Paperback Visit graemebase.com
Rhyming picture book for children aged five years and over, about the evil doings of Groper and his sharks, and how they are foiled by the intrepid Pearl Trout and Corporal Bert of the Soldiercrab army. The author/illustrator's previous books include the internationally renowned TAnimalia' and TThe Eleventh Hour'.
Bertie Badger loves to visit the Retirement Home for Elderly Magicians and watch his grandpa perform magic tricks. But one day all the magicians’ props go missing, so Bertie sets off to investigate. Can he solve the mystery in time to save the show?
Castigated for defying tradition and playing an original tune on his Splingtwanger, thirteen-year-old Sprocc leaves Planet Bipp in search of musical freedom and enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition. Includes a CD of songs supposedly recorded by the bands in the story.
