Uno's Garden Author:Graeme Base Art + Arithmetic + Environmental Awareness=Graeme Bases latest masterpiece — From the creator of the international best-sellers Animalia, The Water Hole, and Jungle Drums — Once again, beloved author Graeme Base introduces readers to a new world. And again, he interweaves the story with hidden images and mathematical pro... more »blems (and solutions!), creating a book that can be read over and over, and at different levels for different ages.
When Uno arrives in the forest one beautiful day, there are many fascinating and extraordinary animals there to greet himand one entirely unexceptional Snortlepig. Uno loves the forest so much, he decides to live there. But, in time, a little village grows up around his house. Then a town, then a city . . . and soon Uno realizes that the animals and plants have begun to disappear.
Unos Garden is a moving and timely tale about how we all unknowingly affect the environment around us, just by being thereand how we can always learn from our mistakes and find ways of doing things better. It's an illuminating blend of storybook, puzzle book, and math book.« less