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An absorbing visual feast. (Kirkus Reviews)
Another beautifully illustrated animal fantasy... children will savor the gorgeous, animal-packed spreads. (Booklist)
Another beautifully illustrated animal fantasy... children will savor the gorgeous, animal-packed spreads. (Booklist)
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In the tradition of his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey of discovery with an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book. From the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia, the animals come together to drink from the water hole. But their water supply is diminishing. What’s going on? Each sumptuous landscape illustration conceals hidden animal pictures for readers to find as they count the animals that visit the water hole and try to solve the mystery: will the animals come back or is their water source gone forever?
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Down to the secret water hole the animals all come. Read the first page
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Down to the secret water hole the animals all come. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
WONDERFUL!!!,
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This review is from: The Water Hole (Paperback)
This is one of the most beautifully illustrated books I have ever seen. It is a simple story that talks about animals from all over the world. We received this as a gift from Australia 2 years ago for my sons third birthday and it still remains one of his favorites. Don't pass this one up.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Spectacular! Required for home library.,
By JollyGreen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Water Hole (Paperback)
This was a gift to my 2-year old from a girlfriend/kinder teacher. My son is now almost 5, his brother is 2.5, and this book is dog-eared! We read this at least 3x/week. The illustrations are breathtaking. Their animal vocabulary is amazing. Their attention to detail has definitely improved in many areas - they look for hidden images in all their books now. Animalia, also by Graeme Base, is spectacular too - another favorite in our home.
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ONE OF THE BEST,
By D. Blankenship - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Water Hole (Paperback)
What a wonderful work this is! It is one of the more unique counting books to come out over the past twenty years; certainly one of the best illustrated and if the schools in which I work are any indication, one of the most popular and most used.But this is so much more than just a counting book. I personally feel that this is Graeme Base's best work by far, and he has turned out some great ones. The author takes the concept of a water hole and tracks in natural ebb and flow throughout the seasons. It starts full and as the season progress it becomes smaller and smaller and all of the wildlife which use it disappear. Of course in the natural flow of things, the rains do return and all is well again. What Base has done though is take this one water hole and with the turning of each page; with the increasing of the numbers from one to ten, he switches countries and indeed, entire ecosystems. The book progresses from Africa to India, South American, Himalayas, North American, Rivers and Streams, China, Europe, Galapagos Islands and finally Australia. This may sound strange but trust me...it works. The illustrations are extremely detailed and the young reader can spend literally hours (and believe me, many of them do) searching each picture for more animals, plants and strange little details (As an example...in the plate featuring India, the two tigers are drinking but if the reader looks closely they will see two beautifully painted frogs with strings of pearls around their neck. This is a nice bit of fantasy thrown in that the kids love). The wildlife featured is done in very vivid and natural tones and extremely accurate, but as I said, the author has thrown in a bit of whimsy here and there to make it even more interesting. As with most of Base's work there is a strong ecological message here and this book goes quite well with a class studying such matters. The text is quite simple and reflects perfectly what is going on in the illustrations. This is most certainly one you want on your child's reading shelf. Don Blankenship The Ozarks 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Water Hole,
By N. Carpenter - Published on Amazon.com
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We used this book to assist in earning a silver star in cub scouts. It did help a whole lot.
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