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Graeme Base

    6 april 1958

    Graeme Base is een Australische kunstenaar en auteur van prentenboeken, gevierd om zijn ingewikkelde en fantasierijke illustraties. Zijn werken duiken vaak in rijken van fantasie en avontuur, waarbij ze jonge lezers meenemen in rijk gedetailleerde visuele verhalen. Base benadrukt speelse taal en visuele raadsels die actieve betrokkenheid en ontdekking aanmoedigen. Zijn kenmerkende stijl combineert artistieke vaardigheid met verhalen vertellen, waardoor boeken ontstaan die zowel kinderen als volwassenen boeien.

    My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch
    The Legend of the Golden Snail
    The Eleventh Hour. A Curious Mystery
    Animalia
    The Water Hole
    The Eleventh Hour
    • 2012

      Little Elephants

      • 44bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      One little boy living on a farm in rural Texas gets a big surprise when he discovers tiny flying elephants under his bed. But his mom doesn’t like critters in the house, so he tries to keep them a secret. Until one day they escape from his bedroom and cause havoc in the house. But when locusts invade the farm and start to destroy crops, the elephants come to the rescue! Bestselling author-illustrator Graeme Base has created a unique story with his signature illustrations, which are sure to appeal to young readers. Praise for Little Elephants "The minimal text wisely recedes for Base's gorgeous paintings, and the story's very implausibility is a large part of the delight... An offbeat and winning mix of earthiness and enchantment." — Kirkus Reviews "This is a strange, magical book. Base’s lush paintings ground the fanciful story in its realistic rural setting. At the same time, the landscapes are suffused with a golden glow that casts a soporific charm over the whole book. Interesting visual details abound, from the mouse’s thimble helmet to the prophetic circus posters on the walls. A great book to enjoy one-on-one." — School Library Journal "Graeme Base has done it again. His beautifully detailed paintings are such an important part of this story." — Library Media Connection

      Little Elephants
    • 2010

      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

      The Legend of the Golden Snail
    • 2008

      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?

      Enigma. A Magical Mystery
    • 2004

      The Water Hole

      • 32bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen
      4,3(2850)Tarief

      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?

      The Water Hole
    • 1999

      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.

      The Worst Band in the Universe
    • 1993

      The Eleventh Hour

      • 32bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen
      4,3(9127)Tarief

      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

      The Eleventh Hour
    • 1992

      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'.

      The Sign of the Seahorse
    • 1989
      4,1(9)Tarief

      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 Eleventh Hour. A Curious Mystery
    • 1988

      My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch

      • 48bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen
      4,0(9)Tarief

      `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

      My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch
    • 1987
      4,3(22199)Tarief

      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.

      Animalia