Motivated by an ancient legend of a golden snail, Wilbur sets sail for the Ends of the Earth to find—and finally liberate—this creature in Graeme Base’s The Legend of the Golden Snail, just out from ...

Successive spreads introduce a growing number of animals at a water hole that, as viewed through die-cut ovals, becomes smaller with each turn of the page. "Readers will find more to see the longer ...

Unsurprisingly Base, who grew up to become a world-renowned author and illustrator whose unique style blends extraordinarily rendered realism with fantasy imagery, had always wanted to be an artist.