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A Giraffe and a Half
from: HarperCollins

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060256555
ISBN: 0060256559
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: November 04, 1964
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: November 04, 1964
Studio: HarperCollins
Sales Rank: 22846

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
If you had a giraffe
and he stretched another half …
you would have a giraffe and a half.

And if you glued a rose
to the tip of his nose …

And … if he put on a shoe
and then stepped in some glue …

And if he used a chair
to comb his hair …

And so it goes until … but that would be telling. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible.

Shel Silverstein’s incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A Wonderfully Silly Introduction to Rhyme
Shel Silverstein's poems are always truly a delight. Some of the collections, however, contain poems that are not quite appropriate for the very youngest listeners. A Giraffe and a Half IS targeted at the youngest audiences.

As the poem goes on, the titular giraffe is exposed to a more riotously funny situation on every page (a rose on his nose, glue on his shoe, etc.) My kids were laughing hard, and completing the rhyming phrases by the time the tired (and ludicrously attired) giraffe is rescued from visiting the mole in his hole, and divested of all his rhyming add-ons by various (also rhyming) people and animals.

This is a great book to read aloud to your children--just remember to take a BIG breath at the beginning of each page!

Rating:

- Great introduction to rhyme and poetry
I am a preschool teacher for four year olds. There is nothing better than having a group of children completely engaged in a book, laughing over it and finishing my sentences. This book was asked for again and again and is a class favorite. It is a great introduction to rhyme and poetry. I think we all have it almost memorized!

Rating:

- A Giraffe And A Half
Recommended by a teacher and read by a teacher the first time to grandson. High marks and great interaction by grandson who's three.

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- a giraffe and a half
i neice LOVES this book! a classic for me and now i can pass it on to her...aaahhhh!

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- Kindergarten class LOVES it!
Read this to my Kindergarten students and before I got halfway through the book they were "helping" me read it! They ask for it often. What better recommendation could there be?!?!?!

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