Animalia
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Text and illustrations by Graeme Base Paperback 32 pages; 12.94 x 9.71 in. Publisher: Puffin; Reprint edition (October 1996) ISBN: 0140559965 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 Greame Base as a child! Animalia will entrance any child or adult who enters its fantastical world. Within the pages of this book You may discover, if you look Beyond the spell of written words A hidden land of beasts and birds... The illustrations for Animalia took more than three years to complete, and represent a major body of work for this extraordinarily talented Australian artist.  A delightful visual feast... The meticulous artistry is far-reaching in its innovation, detail, and humor. Readers will have a fine time guessing at objects and searching for a small child who hides among the pages; and the meticulous artistry is far-reaching in its innovation, detail and humor. Base's monumental effort will not go unrewarded; if books could be honored for the sheer number of hours readers could pore over crammed pages, and for the inexhaustible supply of extra touches, this one surely would be a winner. --Publisher's Weekly CLASSROOM ACTIVITY Behaviors: Uses language to teach others; verbally proficient • Research how one of the less obvious items on any alphabet page relates to that letter of the alphabet, e.g., on the "A" page, is a kind of snake that begins with "a". Explain your findings to another student. *REPRINTED FROM: Kingore, B. (2001). The Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI), 2nd ed. Austin: Professional Associates Publishing. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Graeme Base, the internationally acclaimed author and illustrator, was born in England in 1958. He moved to Melbourne, Australia at the age of eight and now lives and works in a house near the sea with his artistic wife, Robyn, and their children.