false 11903 12 Reading <I>The Eleventh Hour</I> is like running a marathon: one finishes exhausted but satisfied. Graeme Base, creator of the popular <I>Animalia</I>, has crafted another intricately wrought, gorgeously illustrated picture book, this time a mystery in verse. When Horace the Elephant decides to throw himself a party for his 11th birthday, he never suspects a crime will be committed by lunchtime. Who has stolen the birthday feast? As with any good mystery, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. The proof lies in the myriad clues embedded in each glorious illustration. Young sleuths will delight in decoding the complex messages that pop up in unexpected places.<p> Graeme Base used the buildings he saw during his travels through Africa, Asia, and Europe to design and decorate Horace's fantastic house. Astute readers may recognize Roman cathedrals, Scottish palaces, and stone carvings from India. Best of all, secreted in these walls are cryptic messages in Egyptian hieroglyphics, anagrams, and even Morse code to challenge the perceptive and deductive abilities of any reader "of tender years or long in tooth." <I>The Eleventh Hour</I> is a brilliant, rigorous, creative romp that no child (or adult) should miss. <I>(All Ages)</I> 1247072 book 1988 Eleventh Hour total:673|5:419|4:179|3:65|2:8|1:2| 673 3024 788 88 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 19:22:50 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 19:39:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 17 18:28:02 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 19:13:00 -0700 2008 Horace Elephant invites 11 friends to his eleventh birthday party. After a great deal of elaborate preparation, games, and sport, the awesome feast prepared by Horace is stolen! Which guest was responsible for this heinous ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Mar 12 15:15:02 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 15:17:29 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Jun 15 15:54:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:59:28 -0700 2009 lots more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:09:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:09:05 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 12:47:48 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 12:49:36 -0800 2009
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