Interview with Graeme Base at RIF Reading Planet.Īnimalia DVD Press Release – by David Lambert, at .Īnimalia – Television Series – a post by Yvonne Russell, at Grow Your Writing Business. TV Review – Animalia – The New York Times. Animalia has been honored and awarded numerous times – rightly so!Īfter celebrating its 20th aniversary, Animalia has now become a television series based on the book, which airs in Australia, Canada, England (BBC) and the United States (PBS).Īdd this book to your collection: Animalia There is also a picture of a boy to be found on every page, which just so happens to be a picture of Graeme Base as a child. Every page contains loads of animals and objects to spy, which is wonderful to keep children and parents a-like happily engaged.

It is an alphabet book jam-packed with amazing detailed illustrations of animals, and teamed with a short poem featuring words beginning with each letter. He is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989. …Ī book that I vividly remember from my childhood is Animalia, written and illustrated by Graeme Base – Base was born in England, moved to Australia with his parents at age 8, and is still living there. Graeme Rowland Base (born 6 April 1958) is a British-Australian author and artist of picture books. That was the sort of book I remember enjoying as a child,” says author Graeme Base. His alphabet book, Animalia, received international acclaim when it was first published in 1986 and has sold more than two million copies. … “Animalia came from a great love of animals and a desire to create a book with huge amounts of detail and things to discover. Graeme Base is one of the world's leading creators of picture books.

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