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. 'A book is read, a story ends, a telling tale is told. Astute readers may recognize Roman cathedrals, Scottish palaces, and stone carvings from India. The Eleventh Hour: A Courious Mystery Graeme Base New York: Puffin, 1988. Graeme Base used the buildings he saw during his travels through Africa, Asia, and Europe to design and decorate Horace's fantastic house. The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery This unit for The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base was developed with gifted students in mind. Young sleuths will delight in decoding the complex messages that pop up in unexpected places. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:32:07 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid. Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Publication date 1993 Topics Animals, Birthdays, Detective and mystery stories. The proof lies in the myriad clues embedded in each glorious illustration. The Eleventh hour : a curious mystery by Base, Graeme. Who has stolen the birthday feast? As with any good mystery, everyone is guilty until proven innocent.

When Horace the Elephant decides to throw himself a party for his 11th birthday, he never suspects a crime will be committed by lunchtime. But a mystery is afoot, for in the midst of the games, music, and revelry, someone has eaten the birthday feast. Graeme Base, creator of the popular Animalia, has crafted another intricately wrought, gorgeously illustrated picture book, this time a mystery in verse. When Horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates in style by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. The resource includes Teachers Notes to help solve the mystery, AND an organizer to help students decode the message at the back of the book (which explains how the theft took place). Reading The Eleventh Hour is like running a marathon: one finishes exhausted but satisfied. This resource is to be used with the book: The Eleventh Hour, by Graeme Base.

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