Gish, Melissa
Summary: "Una cronología detallada de los hitos del desarrollo impulsa este estudio de vida de las jirafas, incluidos sus hábitats, características físicas y medidas de conservación tomadas para proteger a estos imponentes animales terrestres." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.638 GISBodden, Valerie
Summary: "This revised edition surveys key aspects of giraffes, describing the towering mammals' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have long necks."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education / Creative Paperbacks 2020
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Summary: "'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes . . . ' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling an unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: Celebrating uniqueness, this delightful picture book follows Jeffrey the Giraffe as he searches for a place to belong, then realizes that although he may be different, he is perfect just the way he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Genius Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BAKDahl, Michael
Summary: Giraffe has outgrown his crib, and needs to graduate to a big boy bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE DAHIvy, Bill
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and habitats of tigers and giraffes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1989
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Summary: When a little girl cannot satisfy the grumpy giraffe she has drawn on the pavement, he draws her into the picture so she can see for herself what is missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, A Capstone Imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PAXPalmer, Erin
Summary: "Tommy is new at school, and Leela, the class bully, picks on him right away. "Too-tall Tommy!" she teases. When Leela finds herself stuck in a scary situation, Tommy has a choice to make. Will he help her?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2019
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009
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Summary: Furry, feathered, and scaled -- all our animal friends are ready to read. But there's just one big problem: Giraffe is too tall! Or, maybe, the book is too short. Come along for a special story time featuring six friendly animals and one puzzling predicament. Bright speech bubbles encourage readers to take an active role and find creative solutions as this wild squad works together to save...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RYLGreening, Rosie
Summary: "Baby giraffe is bigger than most animals. But who is bigger than him?"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: The survival of giraffes in the wild in threatened. Between 1985 and 2015, the overall population of giraffes in the wild has plummeted by 40 percent. Anderson shows how climate change, illegal hunting, wars, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation are the main threats to their survival, and suggests ways that readers can alert their community to the dangers facing Earth's tallest creature. --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 599.638 ANDSt. George, Judith
Summary: Zarafa is a beautiful and gentle giraffe, so wonderful, in fact, that the ruler of Egypt offers her as a gift to the king of France. But how to get her there? Why, she sails up the Nile by felucca, crosses the sea by brigantine, and, yes, walks the last five hundred miles to Paris. People love it. And they love her, meeting and greeting her along the way, cheering her on. Afterward, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J599.638 SAIAndreae, Giles
Summary: Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Summary: "The story of two giraffes - one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking - that overcome the language barrier to forge a friendship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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Summary: A young giraffe living on the African plains learns how to be wise as well as fearless when a lion attacks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction George 1998Michalak, Jamie.
Summary: Sparky is a turtle who likes to stay inside his shell. Joe is a giraffe who likes to stretch his neck and see the world. When a car appears one day at the famous cageless zoo where they live, the two set off on the ride of their lives, with Joe behind the wheel and Sparky hanging on for dear life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE MicSummary: Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savanna, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe, and an orphan, just like him, as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GKIDS 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rainbows Within Reach 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Clement 2009Dominguez, Angela
Summary: "Two baby giraffes meet a baby ostrich and must guess how their potential new friend is feeling"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Summary: "Giraffe and Bird are not friends. After all, they fight all the time. But when they go their separate ways and a scary storm strikes, they both realize they might be better off together--even if they are still NOT friends. Not at all." -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Bender 2017Benjamin, A. H.
Summary: Although Giraffe cannot see well, she refuses to wear eyeglasses because she thinks they will make her look silly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to giraffes. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: 1938: The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow Wilson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021