Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 29th October 2019
Paperback
Published: 1st May 2014
Paperback
Published: 28th January 2025
Board book
Published: 14th August 2018
Board book
Published: 28th October 2014
Giraffes Can't Dance
By (Author) Giles Andreae
Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
Hachette Children's Group
Orchard Books
1st May 2014
1st May 2014
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Early years: verse, rhymes and wordplay
Picture storybooks
823.914
Short-listed for Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Best Book to Read Out Aloud 2002
Paperback
32
Width 286mm, Height 320mm, Spine 6mm
220g
Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance . . . or can they A funny, touching and triumphant story from an award-winning creative team.
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
This delightful picture book is written in lively rhyming text with vivacious illustrations. - JuniorA rhyming story with superb illustrations... wonderfully funny. - IndependentWitty match of rollicking rhyme and bold colour. - GuardianA fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp of a picture book. All toddlers should grow up reading this or hearing their parents read it aloud to them. - Daily TelegraphGiles 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.