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The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery
The Eleventh Hour A Curious Mystery
Author: Graeme Base
When Horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates in style by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. But a mystery is afoot, for in the midst of the games, music, and revelry, someone has eaten the birthday feast. The rhyming text and lavish, detailed illustrations each provide clues, and it's up to the reader to piece them ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780810908512
ISBN-10: 0810908514
Publication Date: 9/1/1989
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3
As in Base's Animalia , his lush, intricately detailed illustrations in The Eleventh Hour comprise a sort of visual hide-and-seek. Here, the stakes are clues to the solution of a mystery: Who has surreptitiously eaten the feast prepared for Horace the Elephant's 11th birthday party? The culprit could be any of a number of exotically costumed animal guests, from a pig dressed as an admiral to a pair of giraffes in tutus to a zebra gone punk. The fun of poring over the pictures for hidden messages and significant particulars is, happily, matched by the enjoyment derived from the text--witty, ingenious verses that ably skirt the singsong or mundane. It will take an exceptionally persistent sleuth to deduce the thief's identity. But it is, as Base points out, the thrill of the chase that matters most; and on this count the work scores high marks.
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I love this book. It can be so simple or complicated, depending on how in depth you want to get with it. I love that there are such creative people in the world.
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JTG avatar reviewed The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery on + 280 more book reviews
This is a children's mystery book...
buzzby avatar reviewed The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery on + 6062 more book reviews
this was fun as a read-aloud for 2nd and 3rd graders, however, the pictures are so lavish and detailed, and the who-dun-it plot requires careful observation, so it's best as an individual book.
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This book is full of clues that will keep you and your child busy for hours. The artwork is sublime!
celeria avatar reviewed The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery on + 174 more book reviews
One of my favourite books. Gorgeously illustrated (of course) and genuinely challenging without being TOO hard. Even if you have to cheat and look up the answer, there's still so much to look at on a second (or third, or fourth) read. This is one of those books that I like more and more as I get older.


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