Graeme lives in Melbourne with his artist wife, Robyn, and their three children - James, Kate and Will. In 2009 Graeme produced the the fascinating, beautiful and challenging book Enigma can you crack the code? Graeme's most recent book is The Golden Snail. It was short-listed for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards the following year. In 2003, his first novel for young readers, TruckDogs, was released. In 2007 this last title featured in six major awards and was winner of three: Speech Pathology Book of the Year, younger readers The Green Earth Book, USA The Wilderness Society Environment Award. Other favourites by Graeme Base include The Eleventh Hour, My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, The Sign of the Seahorse, The Discovery of Dragons, The Worst Band in the Universe,The Waterhole (and The Waterhole Board Book), Jungle Drums and Uno's Garden. It has now inspired an animated TV series. His alphabet book Animalia, received international acclaim when it was first published in 1986, and has achieved classic status with worldwide sales approaching three million copies. Graeme Base is one of the world's leading creators of picture books.
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