Graeme Base - Bibliography

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Graeme Base bibliography. For information on authors and illustrators, visit Children and Young Adult Authors and Illustrators. The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Visit your school or public library to find books by Graeme Base. Reviewed 11/28/02

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Children's Books

Animalia. Henry N. Abrams, 1987. Ages 4-8.

A highly imaginative alphabet book. [One of my all time favorites]

Animalia: Coloring Book. Harry N. Abrams, 1995.

The Animalia Wall Frieze. pa. Harry Abrams, 1991. 26pp.

The Discovery of Dragons. Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Ages 9-12.

A handsome volume of dragons. Reviews available at Amazon Book Company.

The Eleventh Hour. Harry N. Abrams, 1989. All ages.

A mystery in verse. Reviews available at Amazon.

My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch. Harry N. Abrams, 1990. Ages 4-8.

Story in verse. Grandma tames a variety of Australian animals. Reviews available from Amazon.

My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch. Abrams, 1995.

Pop-up book.

The Sign of the Sea Horse: A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts. Abradale Press, 1998. Ages 4-8.

Pearl Trout and the Soldiercrabs must find the source of a deadly poison which is destroying the coral reef. Reviews available at Amazon

Water Hole. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.

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

The Worst Band in the Universe : A Totally Cosmic Musical Adventure. New York: Abrams, 1999.

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.

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Books in Spanish

El Signo Del Caballito Demar. Translated by Juan Ramon Azaola.

Spanish-only edition. Features a fish's adventures. Reviews available at Amazon

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As Illustrator

Carroll, Lewis. Jabberwocky. Illustrated by Graeme Base. Harry N. Abrams, 1989. All ages.

An illustrated version of the classic poem. Reviews available at Amazon.

Carroll, Lewis. Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky: A Book of Brillig Dioramas. Abrams, 1996.

A toy book.

Dann, Max. Adventures with My Worst Best Friend. New York: Oxford University Press, c1982.

When his attempt to run away is ruined, Roger hurts himself and becomes friend with the class bully.

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[About Graeme Base]

Curtain, Eleanor. Graeme Base, Writer and Illustrator. Interview by Eleanor Curtain; photography by Ross Tonkin. Littleton, MA: Sundance, 2001.

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Animalia

Animalia Book Cover courtesy of Abrahms Books

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