Books with title Giraffes

Get to know the tallest animals on earth—giraffes!—in this Level 3 reader.Giraffes have been a source of interest for thousands of years. Some were even kept as pets in Egypt! As the tallest animals on Earth—some can be nineteen feet tall—giraffes are distinct, and their anatomy makes them only more interesting. Did you know that giraffes have the same number of neck bones that humans do? Giraffes also have tongues that are blue-black in color and more than a foot long. You can learn all about giraffes in this exciting book!

For many years the scientific and educational communities have wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane scholar-pretenders would find the means to publish a series of reference books aimed at children but filled with ludicrous misinformation. These books would be distributed through respectable channels and would inevitably find their ways into the hands and households of well-meaning families, who would go to them for facts but instead find bizarre untruths. The books would look normal enough, but would read as if written by people who have eaten too many lead-based paint chips. Giraffes? Giraffes! is the first in a proposed series of 377 reference books, all written by a couple now getting their chance to twist and tickle the brains of the impressionable. The book puts forth the following novel theories: that giraffes were not part of any evolutionary chain, but came here from Neptune, by way of very long (but convenient and fast) escalators; that giraffes are expert dancers, but become angry if asked about their dancing; that giraffes control over 90 percent of what we see in mirrors; and that the Giraffe navy is as strong as ever, contrary to recent claims in the popular press.

Get to know the tallest animals on earth—giraffes!—in this Level 3 reader.Giraffes have been a source of interest for thousands of years. Some were even kept as pets in Egypt! As the tallest animals on Earth—some can be nineteen feet tall—giraffes are distinct, and their anatomy makes them only more interesting. Did you know that giraffes have the same number of neck bones that humans do? Giraffes also have tongues that are blue-black in color and more than a foot long. You can learn all about giraffes in this exciting book!

A collection of humorous trivia about giraffes makes no promises that everything the book reveals is true, sharing details in the fields of history, biology, and civilization that reveal the giraffe's fondness for iced oatmeal cookies, the role of a giraffe's spots as intergalactic receptors, and the papier mache that comprises a giraffe's neck. 25,000 first printing.

Giraffes eat up to 75 pounds of food a day, and have multiple methods of communicating with one another such as whistling, hissing, and mooing. The preeminent cartoon scientist Dr. Bob and his helpful pooch Hank explore the wonderful world of these tall creatures in this engaging volume. Readers will learn about the family life of giraffes and their friendly nature. An extensive glossary will help readers along as they learn the long and short of these leggy mammals.

Take a safari and read about popular animals native to Africa. The search-and-find feature highlights interesting characteristics of these animals while guiding early readers to learn about adaptations and habitats of these animals. This search-and-find book invites young readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a giraffe's African habitat, body parts, and behaviors.

This lively photo essay introduces young readers to the tallest of all land animals. A clear text and forty extraordinary full-color photographs highlight the giraffe’s unusual physical features and present a fascinating view of its day-to-day life and behavior, both in captivity and in the wild. Informative and engaging, Giraffe offers a close-up look at this gentle giant of the African plains.