Graeme Base
Personal Information
Description
Graeme Rowland Base is an author and artist of picture books. He is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989. He was born in Amersham, England, but moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight and has lived there ever since. He attended Box Hill High School and Melbourne High School in Melbourne, and then studied a Diploma of Art (Graphic Design) for three years at Swinburne University of Technology at Prahran. He worked in advertising for two years and then began illustrating children's books, gradually moving to authoring them as well. His first book, My Grandma lived in Gooligulch, was accepted by the first publisher he sent it to. Base resides in Melbourne with his wife Robyn and has three children. -- from Wikipedia
Books
Truckdogs
Two gangs of canine-like motor vehicles, the Rott Wheelers and the Mongrel Pack, have a showdown in the town of Hubcap.
Jungle drums
Tired of being teased, Ngiri, the smallest warthog in Africa, uses a set of magic drums to make wishes, but he is not careful enough and makes the rift between the Warthogs and the beautiful Other Beasts even worse.
The Water Hole
As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.
The worst band in the universe
Castigated for defying tradition and playing an original tune on his Splingtwanger, thirteen-year-old Sprocc leaves Planet Bipp in search of musical freedom and enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition. Includes a CD of songs supposedly recorded by the bands in the story.
The Discovery of Dragons
Collection of "rare historical documents" (chiefly letters and dispatches) written by three intrepid adventurers (a Viking explorer, a Chinese female travelling merchant, and a Prussian explorer/cartographer), describing the famous dragons they discovered.
The sign of the seahorse
The inhabitants of a coral reef are threatened when a shady real estate deal started by the greedy Groper floods their area with poisonous waste.
Animalia
An alphabet book with fantastic and detailed pictures, bearing such labels as "Lazy lions lounging in the local library."
My grandma lived in Gooligulch
Grandma, who lives with a large collection of animals in her small Australian town, takes a disastrous trip to the seaside.
The legend of the Golden Snail
Wilbur loves the legend of the Golden Snail, an enchanted galleon, and vows to become its next master.
The Jewel Fish of Karnak
Two thieves, caught stealing from an Egyptian market, are brought before the Cat Pharaoh, who agrees to pardon them if they bring back a treasure that was stolen from her, without taking anything else and without getting the precious Jewel Fish wet.
Hello, we must be going
A storybook following the first adventures of Alex and Zoe in the magical world of Animalia.
Enigma
Little elephants
When a family's wheat crop is threatened by locusts, tiny flying elephants come to the rescue.