Graffes Can't Dance

Reviewed by: Jan Hamilton - Little Dolphin School, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 9, 2015

Review

When the jungle animals meet for the annual dance Gerald the giraffe is called names by others who exhibit better dance skills. Dejected Gerald wonders off meeting a cricket who offers good advice. Soon the not so clumsy giraffe is dancing to the sounds of nature.

Popular for fifteen years, this anniversary copy remains alluring. While the rhymes are good it truly is the artwork that makes this book a success. Parker-Rees uses an enchanted color pallet and seems to specialize in expressive faces.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Andreae, Giles

Illustrator: Parker-Rees, Guy

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Orchard Books (Scholastic)

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: adventure

Audience: preschool

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: fair

ISBN: 9780545804356

Price: 16.99