Graeme Base

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born

April 06, 1958 in Buckinghamshire, England, The United Kingdom

gender

male

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http://www.graemebase.com

genre

Children's Books, Arts & Photography

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Graeme Rowland Base is a successful Australian author and artist of picture books that have been sold internationally. 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 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.
Graeme resides in Melbourne with his wife Robyn and has three chil...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 9,629 ratings · 715 reviews · 29 distinct works

	Animalia 4.28 avg rating — 5,047 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Eleventh Hour 4.38 avg rating — 1,916 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Water Hole 4.16 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Discovery of Dragons 4.12 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sign of the Sea Horse 4.12 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Uno's Garden 4.19 avg rating — 225 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jungle Drums 3.99 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Worst Band in the Universe 3.86 avg rating — 143 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Enigma: A Magical Mystery 4.01 avg rating — 138 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Legend of the Golden Snail 4.08 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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