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Gerald is not a good dancer. Every year, he dreads the great Jungle Dance. But, what Gerald discovers one beautiful moonlit night is that when we're different sometimes all we need is a different song to dance to! This is a funny, touching and triumphant rhyming poem wonderfully brought to life by Hugh Laurie and accompanying music and sound effects.Amazon.com Review
Gerald the giraffe doesn't really have delusions of grandeur. He just wants to dance. But his knees are crooked and his legs are thin, and all the other animals mock him when he approaches the dance floor at the annual Jungle Dance. "Hey, look at clumsy Gerald," they sneer. "Oh, Gerald, you're so weird." Poor Gerald slinks away as the chimps cha-cha, rhinos rock 'n' roll, and warthogs waltz. But an encouraging word from an unlikely source shows this glum giraffe that those who are different "just need a different song," and soon he is prancing and sashaying and boogying to moon music (with a cricket accompanist). In the vein of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Gerald's fickle "friends" quickly decide he's worthy of their attention again.

With this rhyming, poignant (in a cartoonish way) tale, Giles Andreae, author of Rumble in the Jungle, and numerous other picture books, shows insecure young readers that everyone can be wonderful, even those that march to the beat of a different cricket. The rhymes are somewhat awkward, but the bold, bright watercolors by Guy Parker-Rees will invite readers to kick up their heels and find their own internal harmony. (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

Customer Reviews (68)

Terrific tool for classroom
My daughter (public school dance teacher) has used this book in her younger classrooms to help create interest in dance. The young students love this story.

Continues to be a family favorite!
This was my nephew and neices favorite book for Aunt Theresa to read when they were little. But even as they grew older, they still loved to read it themselves. I can't think of a better message to share than "believe in yourself, no matter what. And always dance!" I asked the kids, now 7, 10 and 12, if I could give the book to their new cousin. They considered it and decided that we should buy him his own. Giraffes Can't Dance was one of only a handful of books they took with them during a recent move to their new house and they didn't want to part with it. :)

Great Story
This story is adventerous and fun. Each time we read it there is plenty to talk about. The illustrations are colorful, the pages are sturdy and it capivates my five year old and my 20 month old. I would buy another book from this seller.

So not even worth looking at!
I really can't understand why this book was reviewed so well. There are no giraffes dancing..the story is so basic and boring and my 3 year old looked at it for about 2 seconds. Don't waste your money!

So great
This is such a cute book. My son and i loved it. It lets kids know its ok to be diffrent. Great colorful illustrations as well. I saw it in a display at the library and brought it home and now im going to look for my own copy. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Paul Watson, Andrea Reimer, Adriane Carr, Geoff Berner, Stuart Parker, Joe Keithley, Damian Kettlewell, Ian Gregson, Angela Reid, Jim Bohlen, Dennis Perry, Eric Hawthorne. Excerpt:Adriane Carr Adriane Carr (born 1952) is a Canadian academic, activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada . She was a founding member and the Green Party of British Columbia 's first leader from 1983 to 1985, whereafter the party abolished the leadership position until 1993. In 2000, she became the party's leader again, and she is generally credited with helping to bring the party major party status. In the 2005 provincial election, she received in excess of 25 % of the vote in her home riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast . She resigned her position in September 2006 to become one of two deputy leaders of the Green Party of Canada now led by her political ally and long time friend Elizabeth May . Although she is now intending to run federally (for Vancouver Centre ) she continues to work and support the Green Party of British Columbia . Carr was born in Vancouver and raised in the Lower Mainland and Kootenays . She earned a Master's degree in geography from UBC , and went on to a career as a geography instructor at Vancouver Community College . Environmentalism Carr helped to found the Green Party of British Columbia and worked as its leader from 1983 to 1985. She began working professionally for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee in 1987, having co-founded the group in 1980 with her husband, Paul George . In this capacity, she became a fixture of BC's environmental movement, building the small group into BC's largest environmental organization by 1990. From 1992 until 2000, WCWC was led by a four-person committee of paid employees comprising Carr, her husband, ... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more