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Animalia (book)
1986 picture book by Graeme Base
1986 picture book by Graeme Base
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Animalia |
| image | Animalia (book cover).jpg |
| alt | Book cover: a larger picture framed by smaller pictures, all of which contain different animals, and title with author at the top |
| author | Graeme Base |
| illustrator | Graeme Base |
| country | Australia |
| language | English |
| genre | Picture books |
| publisher | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
| release_date | 1986 |
| pages | 32 |
| isbn | 0-810-91868-4 |
Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was also published in 1996, with an embossed gold jacket.
Synopsis
Animalia is an alliterative alphabet book and contains twenty-six illustrations, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each illustration features an animal from the animal kingdom (A is for alligator and armadillo, B is for butterfly, C is for cat, etc.) along with a tongue-twister utilizing the letter of the page for many of the words. The illustrations contain many other objects beginning with that letter that the reader can try to identify (e.g. the "D" entry features, besides a pair of dragons, the dinosaur Diplodocus and the pelycosaur Dimetrodon; however, there are not necessarily "a thousand things, or maybe more", contrary to what the author states; for instance, the "A" entry features an alarm clock, as does the "C" entry; also, a tennis racket appears in the "T" entry as well as in the "R" entry). As an additional challenge, the author has hidden a picture of himself as a child in every picture.
Adaptations
A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in Canada. The Australian Children's Television Foundation released a teaching resource DVD-ROM in 2011 to accompany the TV series with teaching aids for classroom use.
In 2010, The Base Factory and AppBooks released Animalia as an application for iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch.
Awards
Animalia won the Young Australian's Best Book Award in 1987 for Best Picture Story Book.
The Children's Book Council of Australia designated Animalia a 1987 Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book.
Kid's Own Australian Literature Awards named Animalia the 1988 Picture Book Winner.
References
References
- Puffin Books. "Animalia 25th Anniversary Edition".
- ABE Books. "Animalia (Numbered and Signed anniversary edition)".
- Penguin Books. "Animalia Colouring Book".
- LibraryThing.com. "Animalia 2008 Coloring Calendar".
- BookFinder.com. "The Animalia Wall Frieze".
- "Animalia 300-piece jigsaw puzzle". Amazon.
- Curriculum Press. "Animalia – Primary teaching resource".
- Yabba.org. "Award Winners – 1986 through 2011".
- The Children's Book Council of Australia. "Winners and Commended Books 1980 – 1989".
- KOALA New South Wales. "Complete list of KOALA winners 1987 to 2012".
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