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Graffes Can't Dance
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
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