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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Astute readers may recognize Roman cathedrals, Scottish palaces, and stone carvings from India. The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery - Kindle edition by Base, Graeme. Graeme Base used the buildings he saw during his travels through Africa, Asia, and Europe to design and decorate Horace's fantastic house. When I was young I never would have figured this out.
Young sleuths will delight in decoding the complex messages that pop up in unexpected places. Eleventh Hour, The Easter Egg - The Eleventh Hour (Graeme Base) - the Swan's Name The only puzzle not solved in the back of this highly entertaining, fascinating mystery book is the question of The Swan's Name. The proof lies in the myriad clues embedded in each glorious illustration. Who has stolen the birthday feast? As with any good mystery, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. Abrams, New York, 1989 ISBN 10: 0773723145 ISBN 13: 9780773723146 Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, Canada Seller Rating: Contact seller Book First Edition Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine US 20.00 Convert currency US 9.50 Shipping From Canada to U.S.A. When Horace the Elephant decides to throw himself a party for his 11th birthday, he never suspects a crime will be committed by lunchtime. The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery Base, Graeme Published by Harry N.
Graeme Base, creator of the popular Animalia, has crafted another intricately wrought, gorgeously illustrated picture book, this time a mystery in verse. Reading The Eleventh Hour is like running a marathon: one finishes exhausted but satisfied.
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