The Water Hole Av Graeme Base

<DIV><B>From Graeme Base, the international bestselling author of <I>Animalia</I>, comes <I>The Water Hole</I>, </B><B>an exciting and fun counting book that makes numbers as engaging as a vibrant jungle full of wild animals.</B><BR/>  <BR/><B>“An absorbing visual feast.” —<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></B><BR/>  <BR/><I>One Rhino drinking at the water hole.</I><BR/><I>“Snort, splosh!” (Mmm, delicious!)</I><BR/><I>Two Tigers lapping at the water hole.</I><BR/><I>“Grrrrr!” (Goodness gracious, how very delectable!)</I><BR/><I>Three Toucans squawking around the water hole.</I><BR/><I>“Ark, ark! Arrrk!” (It’s party time, fellas! Drink up!)</I><BR/>  <BR/> Children will love counting from one to 10 as animals of the world gather around a water hole. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, then three toucans, on up to 10 kangaroos, die-cut pages reveal the water hole in 10 different worldwide habitats, from African plains to Himalayan mountains to the Australian outback.<BR/>  <BR/> But the water hole keeps shrinking, and with it the number of frolicking frogs. Can anything bring back the water that the animals all need to survive?<BR/>  <BR/> A stunning fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book with timeless colors and humor, <I>The Water Hole</I> features the layers of interest that make Graeme Base’s books among the world’s best-loved picture books. Careful readers will find additional animals, many of them endangered, silhouetted in the borders of every spread and hiding within every landscape. It’s a book children will ask to be read again and again. </DIV>