Giraffes Can't Dance by Andreae, Giles

Gerald is a giraffe who simply can't dance. Try as he may, his long, spindly legs buckle whenever he starts to boogy. Every year he dreads going to the Great Jungle Dance - until one night when he finds his own special music...

Author: Giles Andreae
Publisher: Orchard Books
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780439287197
Audience: Baby-Preschool

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 54861 / Giraffes Can't Dance

Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/2001 pg. 14
Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2001 pg. 934
Publishers Weekly 09/10/2001 pg. 91
School Library Journal 10/01/2001 pg. 104
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 10 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 10 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
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.
Guy Parker-Rees' exuberant and energetic illustrations have made him a household name and one of today's bestselling children's illustrators. Notable successes include the picture book classic Giraffes Can't Dance, a worldwide bestseller; Spooky Hour; and Free to Be Elephant Me. Guy lives in Brighton, UK, with his wife and three sons.