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Animalia

by Graeme Base

An alphabet to explore in pictures

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Paperback New English

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    Praise from Publishers Weekly

    Attributed praise describes the book as a “delightful visual feast” and commends its artistry.

AlbakiReads Editorial

An alphabet to explore in pictures

Each page of Animalia pairs a letter with related images, turning the alphabet into a visual guessing game. Graeme Base’s detailed illustrations invite close looking, with a hidden picture of the author as a child tucked among the images. The book combines alphabet recognition with a search through a fanciful menagerie of beasts and birds, giving each letter its own collection of visual clues.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children learning or practicing the alphabet
  • Families seeking a picture book for shared looking and guessing
  • Readers who enjoy detailed animal illustrations and hidden-picture searches

Themes

Alphabet learningAnimalsVisual puzzlesObservation

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Book overview

"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
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