The Eleventh Hour....Graeme Base

[oldkicker]

Has anyone ever read this one?

My DD and I finished it up this weekend.

The story revolves around a birthday party that Horace the Elephant is throwing for himself. He cooks up a huge feast and invites 11 of his friends over for a party. Then the feast is stolen!

Through wonderful illustrations and a series of clues scattered throughout, you have to solve the mystery of who stole the feast!

This is a great read, with some really good puzzles!

I know that he's also written one called Animalia - I'll be looking for that too!

 

[mrsv98]

I love Graeme Base's books! The Eleventh Hour is wonderful and so is Anamalia. Try "My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch" and "The Sign of the Seahorse: A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts" they are also wonderful. A few years ago, Graeme came to the school where I taught and he was just the nicest and funniest guy. The children loved him!

 

[gina2000]

This sounds like a MUST READ! I will go looking for him in the local library!

Also AMAZON!

Sounds like a MUST HAVE AS WELL!!!

Thanks, Bernie.

 

[oldkicker]

Way cool!

Thanks for the leads, mrsv98! I'm going to go hunting for them too! It must have been really neat to meet Graeme!

See ya at the library, Gina!

 

[nativetxn]

Are these books aimed at young people? Or just fun books? I will have to look for one of these at the library.

 

[jldriscoll]

We love this one! Yes Katholyn, it's a kids book...I guess....but then again...so is Harry Potter

 

[6_Time_Momma]

We have Animalia. Love the illustrations. Also found one at Dollar Tree called "The Worst Band in the Universe" It came with a CD. I haven't looked at it yet, so I don't know exactly how that one is.