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3) Giraffes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn about the giraffe's unique body features, social behavior, habitat, diet, predators, methods of defense, and threats to its survival.
5) Giraffes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Giraffes, readers will learn about the world's tallest mammals on Earth. Covers their habitat, their physical characteristics, survival tactics, and threats to the species.
6) Giraffes
Author
Series
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the life, diet, habitat, behavior, and physical description of giraffes. Colorful spreads, fun facts, diagrams, a range map, and a special reading feature make this an exciting read for animal lovers and report writers alike.
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal....
Author
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable true story of the world's first giraffologist. At three years old, Anne Dagg saw her first giraffe and never stopped thinking about it. Her desire to study the world's tallest animal followed her from preschool to graduate school, from Canada to South Africa. And often, people laughed at her quest. The scientific study of giraffes was non-existent at the time. And by a woman? Unheard of. But by following her love of giraffes, Dr. Anne...
Author
Series
Joe and Sparky volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
38 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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. From the shopping mall to the car wash to the take-out burger joint, Joe and Sparky cause mayhem everywhere they go.
Author
Series
Joe and Sparky volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
41 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The mismatched pals accidentally latch onto a big yellow bus and leave the cageless zoo for their first trip to school.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With a giraffe for height the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company doesn't need a ladder. They don't need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to do the washing and Billy as their manager, this business is destined for success. Now they have their big break-- a chance to clean all 677 windows of the Hampshire House, owned by the richest man in all of England! That's exciting enough, but along the way there...
15) Giraffe problems
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Cyrus the giraffe feels self-conscious about his neck, a turtle helps him understand its purpose.
17) The surprise
Author
Publisher
Front Street & Lemniscaat
Pub. Date
[2004] c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, Sheep goes to great lengths to surprise Giraffe with a lovely red sweater.
18) The warm place
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
152 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to the warm place that is home.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighty years before Columbus, China sent ships to explore the world. The Chinese discovered many marvelous things, but one discovery stood out above the others: the chee-lin. This chee-lin was just a giraffe, but to the Chinese, it was an omen of good fortune so rare that it had appeared only once before-- at the birth of Confucius. In a storybook of chapters, in which each page evokes the richness of faraway places and long-ago days, James Rumford...
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