Water Hole (Hardcover)

After the comic futuristic chronicle "The Worst Band in the Universe "(1999), Base returns to his "Animalia "(1987) roots. In big, natural scenes teeming with realistic detail, animals gather in increasing numbers around a waterhole that not only shifts from continent to continent with each turn of the page, but shrinks too, until "Ten Kangaroos" find only a dusty pit. Along with a superfluous die-cut hole, the artist adds a similarly shrinking crew of increasingly concerned-looking tropical frogs-some clad in bathing suits or pearls-to each spread, plus animal forms concealed within patterns of bark, rock, and foliage for the sharp of eye to pick out. It all makes an absorbing visual feast, and the ominous ecological theme is optimistically capped by a rainfall that restores the waterhole, bringing back many of the animals for a grand finale. This eye-filling, not altogether earnest counting book/consciousness-raiser will draw an unusually wide, and wide-eyed, audience. "(Picture book. 4-9)" (Kirkus Reviews)

As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.

General

Imprint:	Abrams
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	September 2001
Authors:	Graeme Base
Dimensions:	298 x 275 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	32
ISBN-13:	978-0-8109-4568-5
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Animal stories > General Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues > General Books > Children's & Educational > Young children's, early learning & special book types > Early learning / early learning concepts > Numbers & counting > General Books > Children's & Educational > Young children's, early learning & special book types > Special book types > Picture books > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Animal Stories > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Young Children's Early Learning & Special Book Types Promotions > School Holidays > Fiction Reads Promotions > School Holidays > Picture Books
LSN:	0-8109-4568-1
Barcode:	9780810945685

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