Giraffe and Bird
Published on 1. June 2017
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-77278-025-3 (ISBN)
Description
The side-splittingly funny un-friendship story with a new title in a new format for younger readers.
Giraffe doesn't like Bird, not even a little bit, and the feeling is mutual. The bird pesters the giraffe with his face-making, feather-pruning, and disgusting eating habits. The giraffe annoys the bird with his bad breath, ear-swatting, and lack of respect for personal space. Of course they are always fighting. Of course they would be better off without each other. Except, it turns out, maybe they wouldn't be.
With bold acrylic illustrations, expressive wordplay, and laugh-out-loud storytelling, award-winning author-illustrator Rebecca Bender delivers an odd-couple tale that is anything but your average friendship story. Satisfyingly un-sweet and uproariously irreverent, Giraffe and Bird invites thoughtful discussion about children's relationships with each other-though first you'll have to wait for the laughter to stop.
Giraffe doesn't like Bird, not even a little bit, and the feeling is mutual. The bird pesters the giraffe with his face-making, feather-pruning, and disgusting eating habits. The giraffe annoys the bird with his bad breath, ear-swatting, and lack of respect for personal space. Of course they are always fighting. Of course they would be better off without each other. Except, it turns out, maybe they wouldn't be.
With bold acrylic illustrations, expressive wordplay, and laugh-out-loud storytelling, award-winning author-illustrator Rebecca Bender delivers an odd-couple tale that is anything but your average friendship story. Satisfyingly un-sweet and uproariously irreverent, Giraffe and Bird invites thoughtful discussion about children's relationships with each other-though first you'll have to wait for the laughter to stop.
Reviews / Votes
About Giraffe and Bird2012 OLA Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award Winner
2011 CBA Libris Award for Children's Book of the Year shortlist
2011 SYRCA Shining Willow Award shortlist
2017 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens selection
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Second Grade, Interest Age: From 3 to 6 years
Product notice
Soft-to-touch book
Reinforced binding
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 222 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77278-025-3 (9781772780253)
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Author/Illustrator Rebecca Bender is best known for her award-winning Giraffe And Bird books. Her other publications include How Do You Feel? and Peach Girl (illustrations). Rebecca graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design with the medal for illustration and is now an art director and designer. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and three children.
Author/Illustrator Rebecca Bender is best known for her award-winning Giraffe And Bird books. Her illustrations also grace Slug Days, Penguin Days, and Peach Girl. Rebecca graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design with the medal for illustration and is now an art director and designer. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and three children.
Author/Illustrator Rebecca Bender is best known for her award-winning Giraffe And Bird books. Her illustrations also grace Slug Days, Penguin Days, and Peach Girl. Rebecca graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design with the medal for illustration and is now an art director and designer. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and three children.