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Reading The Eleventh Hour is like running a marathon: one finishes exhausted but satisfied. Graeme Base, creator of the popular Animalia, 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.
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". The Eleventh Hour is a brilliant, rigorous, creative romp that no child (or adult) should miss. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When Horace turns 11, he celebrates in grand style by inviting his friends to a splendid party. There are games, there is music, and there is the promise of a magnificent feast to come. But little does Horace know that when the time comes for the birthday banquet, a mystery will be revealed.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I remember attempting this when I was in primary school and not coming even remotely near to getting it completed. Even as an adult I got many of the clues in a day of constent studying but having missed a few, still couldn't figure it out. But I find that to be half the fun, its almost impossible to complete but you just want to keep trying. Not for the faint hearted, really, but I would buy it for more mature kids because it is so intellectually challenging and riveting it provides them with a taster that deducing can be fun, which will be needed for keeping them in school later in life, lets be honest.
I remember being facinated that it was overtly for children (the pictures and wording) but it was so difficult, I felt almost flattered that adults would thing us kids would be capable of figuring out such a puzzle, which made me want to do it more. Lets be honest, if the kids are being entertained, does it matter whether or not they can complete it, really? I don't think that is the aim of the book, anyway.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
a lavish read with spectacular pictures and a mystery with more layers than your average baklava
5 Mar 2009
Format:Hardcover
A family friend gave this book to me back in 1988 when I was 8 years old. I have treasured it ever since. The charming rhyming story is the least of it's merits. The lavish and incredibly detailed pictures will have you staring for hours. The mysterious disappearance of the birthday feast is the largest of numerous smaller intrigues. In short it is a marvellous picture-book with a cute story which will appeal to the smallest of children but with enough "other stuff" to keep this one in your stack of favourites for life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having been bewitched by Animalia this was a must have for another young relative, greatly enjoyed by me before passing on when the birthday arrived.
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What a wonderful book
I bought this book for my grandhildren and enjoyed reading it to them. Of course the rhymes and the illustration is wonderful as always with Graham Bases's books. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. S. Hanna
A return to childhood
I, like some other reviewers, bought this book after attempting to solve it years ago at school. I loved this book and found the attention to detail on each page fascinating. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Bozzers
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