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| Yours Sincerely, Giraffe |
Illustrations by Jun Takabataka
Giraffe is bored and longs
for a friend. Pelican is bored and
offers to deliver letters. Although
Giraffe has never written a letter, he decides to give it a try.
Pelican flies Giraffe’s
letter beyond the horizon to a faraway place called Whale Sea. Seal is the letter carrier there, and he
chooses Penguin to be the recipient of Giraffe’s letter. Soon, a correspondence begins!
But Giraffe has never heard
of a penguin and Penguin has never heard of a giraffe. What is a long neck anyway? Penguin doesn’t have a neck – in fact, he
thinks he might be almost all neck!
Penguin is black and white, and Giraffe wonders if he might be striped
like a zebra.
When Giraffe decides to
dress up like Penguin and travel to the other side of the horizon to meet him,
a very odd and interesting meeting takes place.
Both Giraffe and Penguin learn a lot, and a beautiful friendship ensues.
With its lovely combination
of pencil drawings and short text, including letters, Yours Sincerely, Giraffe,
is perfect for early chapter book readers! Also makes a great read-aloud.
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