Giraffes Can't Dance - Giles Andreae Reviews

This is one of those books that is just bizarre but lovely. It's about a giraffe who can't dance. He enters a talent contest and gets laughed off the stage, only to be taught how to dance by a cricket: simple! The language is fun in this book; the rhythm and metre has a tribal feel to it, and you can't help but chant it. It's a fun and ...  Read the complete review

Giraffes can't dance is a lovely book and is written by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. On the inside of the front cover there is a little write up from the author about where he got his inspiration for the book. He says that he went on a trip to Kenya and saw how beautiful giraffes were when they were galloping and ...  Read the complete review

Giraffes Can't Dance - by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees I have reviewed another children's book as I have recently moved house and at the moment, I am busy unpacking all my children's books. ***What's it all about?*** The author Giles Andreae is also the author behind the Purple Ronnie greeting cards and ...  Read the complete review

At first glance this is a lovely paperback book. It's nice and big (about A4 size) and is filled with really bright illustrations. The RRP for this book is £5.99 though we picked it up in a book sale for £2.49. On Amazon I see they are selling it for £3.90 at the time of writing this. When I first sat and read this to the ...  Read the complete review

'Giraffes Can't Dance' is a really quite delightful little picture book which is written by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. The book tells the story of Gerald the Giraffe who, due to his large size, is rather gangly and clumsy! He is very good at standing still in order to munch the leaves off the trees, but at most other things ...  Read the complete review

THE STORY... A lovely story with a rhyming text. In brief, it is about a giraffe, Gerald, who dreads the Jungle Dance "where every single animal turns up to skip and prance". The warthogs waltz, the lions tango, and all the animals strut their stuff on the dance floor until Gerald turns up, when they ...  Read the complete review