Penguin Books Australia

Within the pages of this book
You may discover, if you look
Beyond the spell of written words,
A hidden land of beasts and birds.
For many things are 'of a kind,'
And those with keenest eyes will find
A thousand things, or maybe more -
It's up to you to keep the score . . .

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Within the pages of this book
You may discover, if you look
Beyond the spell of written words,
A hidden land of beasts and birds.
For many things are 'of a kind,'
And those with keenest eyes will find
A thousand things, or maybe more -
It's up to you to keep the score . . .

Visit graemebase.com

Visit Animalia on Facebook

Celebrate 25 years of this classic alphabet book with this special silver-anniversary edition!

More than three million copies of Animalia have been sold worldwide, making Graeme Base's amazing alliterative alphabet book one of the most beloved titles of the past quarter century! Animalia 's incredible imaginary world intrigues all readers, whether or not they know their ABCs.

'Don't worry,' Bertie said at once. 'I'll solve this, have no fear,
For magic things that vanish almost always reappear. . .'

Bertie loves to visit the Retirement Home for Elderly Magicians and watch his grandpa perform magic tricks. But one day all the magicians' props go missing, so Bertie sets off to investigate. . .

Can he solve the mystery in time to save the show?

Little Ngiri is the smallest Warthog in Africa. Tired of being teased by his bigger brothers and sisters, he wishes things could be different. When Old Nyumbu the Wilderbeest gives Ngiri a set of magic drums, he is sure his wish is about to come true. But all the animals of the jungle are in for a BIG surprise as Ngiri's wish is granted in a most unexpected way.

Jungle Drums is a gloriously illustrated...

`Grandma lived in Gooligulch, Near Bandywallop East. A fair way north of Murrumbum, (Five hundred miles at least).' Here is a rollicking tale with a distinctly Australian flavour. 32 pages Paperback

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A brand-new edition of the classic book of Serpentology brought to you by the brilliant Graeme Base

Was Bjorn of Bromme one of the greatest explorers of the Viking Age or just a simple-minded, lice-infested Barbarian with a passion for beach volleyball?

Could Soong Mei Ying really have discovered every Asiatic Dragon known to Serpentology , or was she just a thirteenth-century teenage who wanted to...

Horace turns eleven and celebrates with a splendid party! But when the time comes for the birthday banquet, a most bizarre mystery is revealed.

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The inhabitants of a coral reef are threatened when a shady real estate deal started by the greedy Groper floods their area with poisonous waste.

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Down to the secret waterhole the animals all come,
As seasons bring forth drought and flood, they gather there as one.
United in their common need, their numbers swell to ten,
But hidden deep amongst the trees lie ten times that again!

The Waterhole is an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book – an exhilarating journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and...

One Rhino, two Tigers, three Toucans . . . all the animals come to drink at the waterhole. Finally ten Kangaroos arrive, but there's no water left! Will the water come back? Will there be enough for everyone? Learn to count with this wonderful new edition for the very young.

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Is it an animal with an engine?

Or a car with floppy ears and a wet nose?

In a far-off desert world, remarkably similar to outback Australia, evolution has taken an unexpected turn, The dominant life form is a creature covered in fur, but with living steel panels beneath. It gnaws on bones and sniffs lampposts, but fills up on oil, break fluid and petrol. And it's wonderfully clever with its wheels...

When Uno arrives in the forest one beautiful day, there are many fascinating and extraordinary animals there to greet him. And 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 realises that the animals and plants have begun to disappear. . .

Enter the magical...