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Cumulative rhymed text explains what might happen if you had a giraffe that stretched another half, put on a hat in which lived a rat that looked cute in a suit, and so on. Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things--like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee--only to lose them again, one by one. Infectiously funny ... a good nonsensical text and illustrations.

"A lonely giraffe with no playmates meets nine monkeys with no home. Can there be a happy ending? Of course there can -- one of the monkeys is Curious George! This is the first story to feature Curious George, and when you read it, you'll know why children demanded that the Reys give him his very own adventures." --

A giraffe's day goes from bad to worse when every animal he encounters mistakes him for a chair.

"A giraffe struggles to feel comfortable with his neck"--

Big Max, the world's greatest detective, must travel to the land of Ah-Ah-Achoo to find the king's missing pet giraffe.

An adventurous giraffe drives off with his friend, a cautious turtle, to see the world.

Each time Marklee gets a new neighbor he's excited to make a new friend, but the giraffe who just moved in downstairs seems to be a real grump.

Jelly Bean the Giraffe was napping when a bird built a nest on her, but she remains very still and careful until the baby birds hatch.

Carlo the giraffe counts from one to ten--at home, in the park, in a cafe, on a farm, and all around.

When the pasha of Egypt sends his friend the king of France a magnificent giraffe, accompanied by its loving keeper, the people of France are awed and impressed, never having seen such a creature before.