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The Water Hole Book

From the international bestselling author of Animalia!“An absorbing visual feast.” —Kirkus Reviews“Beautifully illustrated animal fantasy . . . Children will savor the gorgeous, animal-packed spreads.” —BooklistFor fans of Graeme Base’s international bestseller Animalia, an exciting and fun new counting book that makes numbers as engaging as a vibrant jungle full of wild animals!One Rhino drinking at the water hole.“Snort, splosh!” (Mmm, delicious!)Two Tigers lapping at the water hole.“Grrrrr!” (Goodness gracious, how very delectable!)Three Toucans squawking around the water hole.“Ark, ark! Arrrk!” (It’s party time, fellas! Drink up!)Children will love counting from one to ten as animals of the world gather around a water hole. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, then three toucans, on up to ten kangaroos, die-cut pages reveal the water hole in ten different worldwide habitats, from African plains to Himalayan mountains to the Australian outback.But the water hole keeps shrinking, and with it the number of frolicking frogs. Can anything bring back the water that the animals all need to survive?No parent or child will ever be disappointed in getting Graeme Base’s Water Hole as a gift. Its colors and humor are timeless. Careful readers will find additional animals, many of them endangered, silhouetted in the borders of every spread and hiding within every landscape.A stunning fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book, The Water Hole features the layers of interest that make Graeme Base’s books among the world’s best-loved picture books. It’s a book children will ask to be read again and again.Read More

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  • BookDepository

    Water Hole : Hardback : ABRAMS : 9780810945685 : 0810945681 : 01 Sep 2001 : "The Water Hole"" is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback."

  • ASDA

    The Water Hole is a fusion of counting book puzzle book storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback.

  • Blackwell

    The long-awaited companion to the bestselling Animalia, this new adventure finds Base counting from one to ten as animals gather around the water hole. Illustrations. The Water Hole is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art...

  • Pickabook

    Graeme Base, Graeme Base (Illus)

  • Amazon Review

    Who can resist the allure of the hidden wilderness water hole? Certainly not one rhino. Not two tigers. Nor three toucans. Pretty soon the delicious pool is drawing moose, catfish, pandas, tortoises... and more than 100 other critters from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and beyond. But is it our imagination or is that rhino-sized water hole dwindling to a mere shadow of its former self, a puddle not fit for eight ladybugs, let alone 10 kangaroos? As the seasons change across the world, and the animals get thirstier, the water supply diminishes. Eventually, even the flowery-shirted frog that has stoically lingered through the drought packs his suitcase and takes off. The only hope now is a drop of rain on the parched earth...

    With his usual elaborate detail, Graeme Base, mad genius behind Animalia, The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery, and other wild and wonderful titles, presents a one-of-a-kind counting book. Naturally, Base would never be content to stick with a simple 1 through 10 format. Readers of all ages will linger over each spread, first counting the highlighted animals and giggling at the translation of their grunts and growls (the moose's "Moo, moo, mooooooiii!" means "Hey, get your hoof out of my ear!"). Then it's time to check out the diminishing size of the die-cut hole in the pond. And finally, readers will want to find each of the 10 additional animals cleverly hidden in every illustration, based on the silhouetted creatures in the border. A safari on paper--with an environmental and mathematical education thrown in for good measure. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter

  • 0810945681
  • 9780810945685
  • Graeme Base
  • 24 September 2001
  • Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 32
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