This is a great way for students to create their own versions of a digital book talk. Children and adults will enjoy this book with its story in rhyming language as well as trying to solve the mystery of who stole horace the elephants 11 th birthday feast. Nov 15, 2019 this was one of my favorite books growing up. Throughout the entire book, the author tries to give you clues as to who ate the food once you have solved the mystery, you find out that kilroy the mouse and 111 of his friends stole the food. They play various games and then go to eat a feast the elephant prepared only to find that someone already ate all of the food. Graeme base is one of the worlds leading creators of picture books. Do a picture walk after reading in which you talk with the kids about the illustrations, or maybe read through the book twice to find the thief there is a detective game going on. So to all who may read the eleventh hour, please dont continue reading the purposely madedifficulttoreaddecodedcode who stole the feast. Some clues are obvious, and some are fiendishly difficult.
What could help us to solve the mystery of who stole the feast. When horace the elephant decides to throw himself a party for his 11th birthday, he never suspects a crime will be committed by lunchtime. Friends are invited, party games are chosen and a beautiful birthday feast is made. Apr 04, 2012 i have saved my favorite graeme base book for last the eleventh hour is the book that started it all. A curious mystery by graeme base abrams books for young readers, new york 1988 29 pages summary. He invites his friends and makes a wonderful feast. Agencieshospices put these two booklets together in their initial family packets to inform.
Aug 10, 2014 and the eleventh hour by graeme base is by far her most wellloved one. Can you solve the mystery of who stole the feast, by uncovering the messages, clues, and codes hidden in the illustrations. The murder of a priest leads fbi agents sherlock and savich to their most baffling case yet, in this riveting novel of suspense. The eleventh hour by graeme base 1989, hardcover for. Bases most recent picture book, the water hole, an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and artbook, has. When horace, the elephant turns eleven he plans a grand affair. A curious mystery a book is read, a story ends, a telling tale is told.
The eleventh hour is the companion booklet to gone from my sight. I read it with my mom when i was younger and spent days trying to find all of the clues to determine who stole the feast. A maze of hidden codes and clues, a clock at every turn, and. His friends come but they cant eat the feast until the eleventh hour. We know this is true because of the various clues we discovered and the decoded message proved who the. Sarah fink, jaasiel guzman, and donald orourke introduction the decoded message was. The eleventh hour is a brilliant, rigorous, creative romp that no child or adult should miss. The rhyming text and lavish, detailed illustrations each. Sep 02, 2017 this is my first attempt at a video book reading. I have saved my favorite graeme base book for last the eleventh hour is the book that started it all. I have solved the mystery of the eleventh hour anwaien. Here, the stakes are clues to the solution of a mystery.
A maze of hidden codes and clues, a clock at every turn, and only time will tell what other secrets. Horace the elephant is about to have his eleventh birthday. The story revolves around a young elephant named horace and 10 of his friends who have joined him to. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as i do and the book will be available in my classroom library when we go back to school on the 11th. So to all who may read the eleventh hour, please dont continue reading the purposely madedifficulttoreaddecodedcode kilroy the mouse who stole the feast. The eleventh hour by graeme base the sunshine collective. Bases most recent picture book, the water hole, an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and artbook, has been published. They never did find the culprit who stole the birthday feast, and the reader is invited to solve the mystery based on clues that are strewn all over the gorgeouslyillustrated pages. We have enjoyed reading the eleventh hour and searching for clues to find out who stole the feast. Look up eleventh hour in wiktionary, the free dictionary. Horace the elephant is celebrating his 11th bday and has invited his friends over for a feast. Graeme base an elephants eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour. The title of this book is the eleventh hour and it was written by graeme base. There are many clues, codes, and messages within each page of artwork to help you solve it.
Now its the readers task to guess who it is by carefully observing the clues and deducing. In it, horace the elephant holds a party for his eleventh birthday, to which he invites his ten best friends various animals to play eleven games and share in a feast that he has prepared. When i started working in the schools, one of the first books i created a unit for was the eleventh hour. Graeme base, creator of the popular animalia, has crafted another intricately wrought, gorgeously illustrated picture book, this time a mystery in verse. The eleventh hour, the fifth chapter of the balance arc for the comedy podcast the adventure zone. If god gets glory by saving robbers in the eleventh hour, he surely has his purposes why he has waited till now to give you the breakthrough you have sought for years. An elephants 11th birthday party is marked by 11 games before the banquet to be eaten at the 11th hour, but when the time to eat arrives, the bday feast has disappeared.
When horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates instyle by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. When exploring the eleventh hour for the second time, read through the text completely with the whole class. A book is read, a story ends, a telling tale is told. When horace the elephant decides to throw himself a party for his 11th birthday, he never suspects a. At the back of the book is a sealed secret code if you give up. Horace the elephant was turning eleven so he planned a party for him and his friends to celebrate. With rufus sewell, marley shelton, omar benson miller, sarita ospina. In conclusion we realized that it was kilroy and his relatives who stole the feast.
The eleventh hour is a story about an elephant who hosts a party for his own birthday. Eleventh hour definition of eleventh hour by merriamwebster. I read the book when i was young, my children read it when they were young and we all remember the story. Jan 11, 2010 the eleventh hour, a curious mystery is about an elephant name horace who is having his 11 th birthday party at his elaborate manor. For his party, he made 11 types of food, he invited 10 guests making the total count 11 and he planned 11 games for them to play. The eleventh hour by graeme base is a wonderful mystery picture book for children. These last pages are sealed together, as the reader is encouraged to try and solve the puzzles themselves first. However while the guests were busy playing games one of them ate up all the feast. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the eleventh hour. Animalia received international acclaim when it was first published in 1986, and it has achieved classic status with worldwide sales of more than two million copies. So they go and play games until the time and when they go for the feast all the food is gone.
Synopsis an elephants eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour. I spent hours finding the clues on each page and trying to solve the mystery of who stole the feast at horace the elephants eleventh birthday party. You are invited to turn back the pages, and look in the pictures for clues to find out which of the guests was the guilty one. This is a deceptively simple, beautifully illustrated, picture book about an elephant who throws himself an eleventh birthday party and invites 10 friends. The eleventh hour has clues within its pages for who stole horaces birthday feast and enigma has a cypher at the back of the book to find out where the characters favorite things are hidden. Before the elephant and his friends eat the feast they play many birthday games. The eleventh hour is a phrase meaning at the last moment, taken from a passage in the parable of the workers in the vineyard in the king james bible. Read the story to the class as they follow along in their book. Apr 28, 2020 eleventh hour definition is the latest possible time before it is too late. The aim of this booklet is to help those present at the bedside create a meaningful, comforting memory of their loved ones journey from life in this world.
Agencieshospices put these two booklets together in their initial family packets to inform families on the signs of approaching. Once the eleventh hour comes around, they go to eat the food, but its all gone. Evidence reasons oliverpig oliver could not have eaten the wfeast because he was with the all the other animals the whole time. Throughout the entire book, the author tries to give you clues as to who ate the food once you have solved the mystery, you find out that kilroy the mouse and 111 of his friends stole. The dying experience together they have been shown to significantly improve cahps scores, family survey results and meet medicare requirements for consistent family education. I think everyone knows of the eleventh hour, but possibly, like me, you may have forgotten just how captivating and exciting this book is. Reading the eleventh hour is like running a marathon. And the eleventh hour by graeme base is by far her most wellloved one. They would eat their birthday feast at the eleventh hour. He decides to throw a big, fancy dress party for all his animal friends. When father michael joseph is viciously murdered in his san francisco church, his identical twin brother, fbi agent dane carver, along with husbandandwife team. Use the remaining time to have the students solve the mystery of the stolen feast. Horace is turning 11 years old and he decides he should have a birthday party. He prepares a feast and plans an afternoon of games and activities.
But after the eleven games are played, they return to eat the feast, but it has vanished. As in bases animalia, his lush, intricately detailed illustrations in the eleventh hour comprise a sort of visual hideandseek. In discovering who stole horaces elaborate birthday feast, children and adults alike can explore a multitude of essential literary techniques and reading strategies, and the eleventh hour becomes a valuable resource in any reading classroom. Aug 24, 2006 the answer should be in the last part of the book the final portion of the book contains the answers to all of the clues in the book including the cipher, and how to solve them.
But who can say what mysteries a single page may hold. Asked in books and literature who stole the feast in the eleventh hour. Are there clues in the illustrations that are different to those that are in the text. I first saw the eleventh hour at a friends house a few years ago. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. But a mystery is afoot, for in the midst of the games, music, and revelry, someone has eaten the birthday feast. The book is clever, fun, engaging, and the illustrations are beautiful. A curious mystery 1988 is an illustrated childrens book by graeme base.
Motive while kilroy may have done a bad deed he could have had good intentions. The eleventh hour when horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates in style by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. May 11, 2012 our group created a digital book talk for the book, the eleventh hour. Has the author provided some clues in the illustrations. Provide the groups with the cards for each roomevent so they can discover the. An elephants eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour. Who stole the feast in graeme bases eleventh hour answers. The eleventh hour is a booklet that offers information, ideas and support on how to care for a person in the hours to minutes before death and just after. The eleventh hour, a curious mystery is about an elephant name horace who is having his 11 th birthday party at his elaborate manor.
The day of the party arrives and all of his friends show up in their best costumes. Bases first childrens book was my grandma lived in gooligulch, so that is. The eleventh hour this is a spectacular book for children and provides lessons that will be needed in life. In the story, horace the elephant throws an elaborate fancydress celebration for his 11th birthday, which is attended by ten animal guests as colourful and flamboyant as their host including an egyptian princess cat and punk zebra among others. A government scientist and his tough attractive fbi handler try to save people from deadly scientific experiments, poisoners, rare diseases, and environmental hazards. Divide the class into groups of 2 and give them the book the eleventh hour.