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Giraffes Can’t Dance / Y Jiraff Na Allai Ddawnsio

by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
Adapted by Huw Ceiriog and Diana Jones

Interest age: 3 to 7
Reading age: 6+

Published by Rily Publications, 2000

  • Picture books
  • Poetry and rhyme

This book is also available in English

About this book

The book is all about a giraffe called Gerald, who is no good at dancing and feels unable to join in with the jungle dance with all the other animals. Gerald then meets a new friend who helps him discover something special.

The story is all about perseverance and finding a different way, a way that is right for you, to join in with others. This book is a really lovely read with engaging and fun illustrations. The story has a great rhyme and easy flow in both English and Welsh. The book is readable in Welsh with basic knowledge of the Welsh language sounds and is a good way to pick out words that sound similar in Welsh and English due to the bilingualism of the book. Overall, a great book which I would highly recommend, especially to bilingual families.

About the author

Giles Andreae is an award-winning children's author and has written both fiction titles and bestselling picture books, such as Pants and The Lion who Wanted to Love. He has won the Federation of Children's Book Award and the Book Trust Early Years Award, but he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman. Giles lives in Notting Hill, London with his wife and four children.

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