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Giraffes Can't Dance

by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker Rees

Interest age: 3 to 7
Reading age: 6+

Published by Hachette, 2008

  • Picture books
  • Poetry and rhyme
  • Disability

This book is also available in bilingual English and Welsh

About this book

A friendly cricket encourages him to create his own unique dancing style and Gerald surprises everyone with his elegant movements.

Rhyming text and vibrant full-page illustrations make this marvellous picture book perfect for reading aloud.

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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