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Animalia 25th Anniversary Edition

A fantastical alliterative journey through the animal kingdom with thousands of alphabetically arranged images and ideas to discover along the way, from An Armoured Armadillo through Great Green Gorillas to Zany Zebra’s Zigzagging in Zinc Zeppelins.

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.

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Book Challenge

How well do you know the pages of Graeme Base’s classic picture book Animalia? Graeme has devised a challenge to see just how observant you are.

Inside the jacket of every Animalia 25th Anniversary Edition is a poster featuring hundreds of details taken from the pages of the book. But amongst the images are 25 imposters – details that have been slightly altered. Can you pick the phonies? When you think you know all 25 imposters, to decipher the code and you’ll receive a free Make Your Own Animalia Butterfly download.

Sounds easy? It’s not. But it’s a lot of fun.

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Awards

Young Australian's Best Book Award - 1987 Best Picture Story Book
The Children's Book Council of Australia - 1987 Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book.
Kid's Own Australian Literature Awards - 1988 Picture Book Winner.

Animalia iOS App

Did you ever find the boy in every page of Animalia? Well, start looking again because he's just found a whole new set of hiding places! Animalia for iPad is here, better than ever, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of this classic book.

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