Pub Date: March 1, 2012
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0570
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 02 to 04
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.00" L x 5.50" W ( 0.65 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Performing Arts | Dance | Animals | Giraffes | Jungle Animals
Description: "Giraffes Can't Dance" is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend. Full color.
Brief description: Giles Andreae is the author of many top-selling, award-winning picture books. These include Free to Be Elephant Me, Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean, and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance that he is best known. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four children by the river in Oxfordshire, UK.
Review Quotes:
"Andreae's rhyming text has a jaunty rhythm that's likely to spark interest in the read-aloud crowd." -- Publishers Weekly