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Title: Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees ISBN: 0-439-28719-7 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I read this book to my disabled child (4 years old)
Comment: This is a wonderful book about a Gerald, a giraffe who attempts to dance at the yearly jungle dance, but shies away from the stage when other animals laugh at him. This book express beautifully how it feels to be different - 'Gerald had never felt so sad and so alone' - and ends on a very positive note: 'Sometimes when you're different, you just need a different song' and 'we all can dance, when we find music that we love.' It was a perfect book to help my child with his feelings towards his weakness.
Rating: 3
Summary: Okay for toddlers, better for preschoolers
Comment: Cute book about dancing - not an easy topic to find for toddlers who love dancing. Good read-aloud level for 2 year old, nice pictures, easy to follow story and a great John Travolta/Saturday Night Fever pose by Gerald at the end. Includes peer group of animals who laugh at the giraffe for not being able to dance, which is a social concept that I had reservations about exposing to our 2 year old but may be okay for an older preschooler. So, I read it with reservations at first, but it seems to be okay for him. However, he's not enjoying the book as much as I am and hasn't been interested in hearing it much beyond the first couple of times.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Lesson!
Comment: This is the most precious story about how being different is okay and how you can still be good at something even though you have to go about it a little "differently." I bought this for my 4 yr old son with cerebral palsy who can't walk and he absolutely adores it! "We can all dance if we find the right music." Gerald, who initially was ridiculed by the other animals for being a terrible dancer, gets a little help from a friend in finding the "right music." His dancing is admired by the other animals in the end. My husband demonstrates the different dances with my son as he reads the book to him which my son thoroughly enjoys! We have a very extensive book collection for my son, but this would have to be one of his (and my) all-time favorites. I have also bought several copies of this book for my son's school. The illustrations are the best that I've ever seen in a children's book. Can't recommend this highly enough!
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Title: Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae, David Wojtowycz ISBN: 1589250052 Publisher: Tiger Tales Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Down by the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton, Guy Parker-Rees ISBN: 0439309158 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae, David Wojtowycz ISBN: 1589250001 Publisher: Tiger Tales Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cock-a-doodle-doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae, David Wojtowycz ISBN: 1589250206 Publisher: Tiger Tales Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Gruffalo (Picture Books) by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Alex Scheffler ISBN: 0803723865 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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