Graeme Base

Animalia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Base's masterful illustrations will sweep readers into a world of richly colored and intricately illustrated animals and objects with the turn of every page. "A delightful visual feast."--"Publishers Weekly."

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"A delightful visual feast . . . The meticulous artistry is far-reaching in its innovation, detail, and humor."-Publishers Weekly Within the page of this book You may discover, if you look Beyond the spell of written words A hidden land of beasts and birds . . . Animalia is a book like no other. Abounding with fanciful, gorgeously detailed art, it is an alphabet book, a guessing game, and a virtual feast for the eyes. Each page features one letter and images related to that letter-as well as a hidden picture of Graeme Base as a child! Animalia will entrance any child or adult who enters its fantastical world. "A tongue-twisting menagerie . . . [in] a perfectly delightful alphabet book."-Charles Gibson, Good Morning America

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 3 bis 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 330mm x 248mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780140559965
• ISBN-10: 0140559965
• Artikelnr.: 22122718

Autorenporträt

Graeme Base is one of the world’s leading creators of picture books.  Animalia received international acclaim when it was first published in 1986 and it has achieved classic status with worldwide sales of more than two million copies. Base’s most recent picture book, The Water Hole, an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and artbook, has been published in Australia, the USA, Canada, Italy, France, Denmark and the UK. Base lives in Melbourne with his artist wife Robyn and their three children.