{"product_id":"animalia","title":"Animalia: The Classic Picture Book","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a giftable deluxe hardcover edition of the beloved bestseller and includes a special edition poster and riddle on the reverse side of the book jacket.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith over 3 million copies sold around the world, Graeme Base’s amazing alliterative alphabet book \u003ci\u003eAnimalia\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most beloved children’s picture books of all time, treasured by children and parents alike as a special reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“So extraordinary, so extravagantly illustrated, so astonishingly alliterative, so thoroughly delightful that any child who does not soon possess it may rightly feel his education has been shamefully neglected.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimalia\u003c\/i\u003e’s incredible imaginary world intrigues readers of all ages, with hidden objects and ideas on every page:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* A is for an Armored Armadillo Avoiding an Angry Alligator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* B is for Beautiful Blue Butterflies Basking by a Babbling Brook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* C is for Crafty Crimson Cats Carefully Catching Crusty Crayfish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* And the rest of the alphabet is just as much fun!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraeme Base’s work offers a color-packed palette and imagination-filled menagerie that has changed the way that children’s books are illustrated. Animalia, like many of Base’s books, is a vast puzzle, built with color and filled with creatures. This astonishingly original treatment of the ABCs changed the way parents and teachers imagined the books that they read to children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBase offers a single- or double-page kaleidoscopic illustration for each letter of the alphabet and challenges the reader to find as many words beginning with that letter as possible within. Each illustration is a visual feast, and a fun way to challenge and expand your child’s vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo parent or child will ever be disappointed in getting Graeme Base’s Animalia as a gift. Its colors and humor are timeless. You will smile, giggle, and laugh when reading about “Horrible Hairy Hogs Hurrying Homewards on Heavily Harnessed Horse.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss favorite books from Graeme Base:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnimalia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture rigide","offer_id":46163595952305,"sku":"9780810918689","price":31.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_6187206e-689f-446e-846d-8c30f957aefe.jpg?v=1763718242","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/animalia","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}