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The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory and Mark Cleary (view source)
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It is the illustrations that are the weakest element of ‘The Short Giraffe’. It appears to have been designed on a computer, or at the very least with templates, as all the giraffes have the same basic model with some added clothing or colouring to differentiate them. Not of this ephemera really distracts from the fact that all the giraffes basically look the same; even Geri is a clone, just shorter. A more hand-drawn style would have been in keeping with the kooky story, instead, the clean illustrations are slightly too clinical and distract ever so slightly from the story. However, despite issues with the imagery this story is strong enough with a good message to make this an excellent book to share with a toddler.
The perfect companion to this book is [[Think Outside the Box by Justine Avery and Liuba SyrotuikSyrotiuk]]. For more about giraffes try [[Giraffe's Big Night by Carrie Grant and David Grant]] and [[Giraffes Can't Dance Magnet Book by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees]]
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