Roald Dahl

Quentin Blake

A Dahl story in which the giraffe, the pelican and the agile monkey set out to prove that they are the best window-cleaning company around.

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Amina Madadi (ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴰ)

Friendship is an amazing thing to share! The duke was a bit crazy, but the great kind of crazy :D
And the closing poem, or song earned the book its forth star!

"We have tears in our eyes 
As we wave our good byes
We so love being with you, we three
So do please now and then
Come and see us again
The giraffe and the pelly and me

All you do is to look 
At a page in this book
Because that's where we always will be
No book never ends
When it's full of your friends
The giraffe and the pelly and me"

Grace O'Callaghan

What a delightful little book. Definitely not Dahl’s finest, I think I prefer his longer books, but certainly enjoyable nevertheless.

It’s probably best to just go into this book only knowing that you like Dahl’s other work because it is so short.

It was just a whimsical and charming story that was well written and beautifully illustrated (by Quentin Blake), but there wasn’t much to it ultimately.

There’s not too much to comment on other than I loved the Wonka factory reference.

The giraffe, the pelican and the agile monkey set out to prove that they are the best window-cleaning company around.

Kirsty

After reading The Twits last year and deciding it was the worst book I've ever read I've been a little hesitant to read any more of Roald Dahl's books. I just don't think some of them stand up to the test of time or have particularly good messages in them for children.

However, this one is exactly what I expect from Dahl's books. It was a fun and silly story that I really appreciated. I 3 starts for me is just becuase of how short it was

Paulina 

We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three.
So do please now and then
Come and see us again,
The giraffe and the Pelly and me.

All you do is to look
At a page in this book
Because that's where we always will be.
No book ever ends,
When it's full of your friends
The giraffe and the Pelly and me.

such a cute story about friendship read to me by Hugh Laurie, what to want more?

Grace Holding

Josephine Hermans

New Vietnamese version of Roal Dahl's famous children fables. Illustrations by Phan Thanh Dat. Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Thi Bich Nga. In Vietnamese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Christopher McCabe

chaca

Annvie N

Gavin

Leonie Netherton

fizzy

Anna Bold

Reinier Terblanche

Perseus Allen

Emma Mahoney

Rowan Myers

Toyah Blackburn

Caitlin Couch

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

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