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Andreae, Giles

Giraffes Can't Dance

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | September, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-439-28719-7 $$15.95
(4) PS Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. It's time for Africa's annual Jungle Dance, but alas, Gerald the giraffe is graceless. After he's ridiculed for attempting to join in, a cricket encourages him to listen to his surroundings ("the sweetest music / is those branches in the breeze"). The story's happy outcome and moral are simplistic, but the taut, fleet rhymes create a catchy soundtrack for Parker-Rees's comical, carnival-toned images.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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