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The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base, Gorgeous Illustrated Hardcover Mystery - $5 (Beaverton)
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When Horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates instyle by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. But a mystery is afoot, for in the midst of the games, music, and revelry, someone has eaten the birthday feast. The rhyming text and lavish, detailed illustrations each provide clues, and it’s up to the reader to piece them together and decide whodunit!”The fun of poring over the pictures is matched by the enjoyment derived from the textwitty, ingenious verses.” — Publishers Weekly
This is where Graeme Base’s genius becomes even more manifest. Not only are the page spreads absolutely riveting in its full color glory – there are apparently a lot of codes embedded in the margins, the borders of the page, even the clock leaves clues – since as Graeme Base pointed out in The Inside Story found at the end of the tale: “A careful examination of the pages reveals that the time of the theft can be pinpointed to within a minute or so.”
Graeme Base is the author of many award-winning books for children, including Animalia (Puffin), The Sign of the Seahorse, and most recently, The Discovery of Dragons
Book details
Reading age
7-11 years
Print length
40 pages
Dimensions
12.19 x 9.22 x 0.17 inches