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Giraffes Can't Dance 25th Anniversary Edition

By Giles Andreae
Series: Giraffes Can't Dance
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Celebrate the 25th birthday of the much-loved picture book classic, Giraffes Can't Dance, with this special new edition featuring a super-shiny cover! Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn't know how to tango... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Giraffes Can't Dance 25th Anniversary Edition

A special anniversary edition of much-loved picture book classic, Giraffes Can't Dance. A funny, touching and triumphant story about being yourself and finding your own tune.

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Celebrate the 25th birthday of the much-loved picture book classic, Giraffes Can't Dance, with this special new edition featuring a super-shiny cover!

Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn't know how to tango or two-step? Everyone knows that giraffes can't dance... or can they?

This funny, touching and triumphant story about being yourself and finding your own tune has been a family favourite for 20 years.

"All toddlers should grow up reading this" — Daily Mail

"A modern classic" — Baby & Me

"A joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance on his own terms... there's also a simple moral about tolerance and daring to be different" — Junior

"A fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp" — Daily Telegraph

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408371619

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orchard Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 292.0mm

Weight: 227g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Giles Andreae New at Book Hero New Releases Series: Giraffes Can't Dance

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About the Author

Giles Andreae (Author)

Giles Andreae is the author of many top-selling, award-winning picture books. These include 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 is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top-selling living poet. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four children by the river in Oxfordshire.

Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator)

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 picture book classic Giraffes Can't Dance, a worldwide bestseller; Spookyrumpus, winner of the Sheffield, Dundee and Portsmouth book awards, and most recently, Elephant Me. Guy lives in Brighton with his wife and three sons.

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