The Giggly Giraffe

Zoe's Rescue Zoo #14

by Amelia Cobb, Sophy Williams (Illustrator)

Zoe loves living at her uncle's rescue zoo because there's always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret. . . She can actually TALK to the animals! Something very exciting has happened at the Rescue Zoo - a giraffe has just been born! Jamie the baby giraffe's wobbly walk on his long legs makes everyone laugh, and he just loves to play tricks! But his tricks can cause trouble, and with the Best Zoo Competition coming up, can Zoe help Jamie behave AND have fun?Author BiographyAmelia Cobb is sadly not a real person, although there is a real author behind the Zoe's Rescue Zoo stories. If Amelia did exist, we like to think that she'd live by the sea with her two goldfish, Flip and Flop, and write her stories at a small desk by the window, listening to the radio and wearing a brightly-coloured scarf at all times. Sophy Williams is an award-winning illustrator with twenty-five years experience illustrating children's books. While still studying, she twice won prizes in the Readers Digest Young Illustrator's competition and was runner up for the Mother Goose Award for her first picture book. She spent some of her childhood in exotic locations such as Singapore, Hong Kong and the Middle East and often finds her illustrations being influenced by these places. Her pictures are filled with atmosphere and drama created with soft pastels. She now lives by the Kennet and Avon canal in Bradford on Avon with her husband, author/illustrator MP Robertson, their two lanky teenage sons and a mischievous grey cat called Hamish. When not illustrating she sings and performs in a choir, grows fruit and veg on her allotment and drinks lots coffee with her friends. - Zoe's Rescue Zoo: The Giggly Giraffe By Amelia Cobb (Paperback)

Genres: Animals

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2018

Reviews

[Bookworm86 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another brilliant episode of Zoe's rescue zoo series.. Myself and my 7 year old. Love reading these

[Katie Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was funny, it had a couple of disasters and it was good - Libby

[Sophie]

My littlest sister (she's six) picked this book out at the library. She's recently fallen in love with the cute animals on cover, young girl with vet parents genre of shorter chapter books and I must say - I love this phase! I read this one to her and it was pretty good. I assume it's one of those series where every book is the same sort of premise expect replace red fairy with green fairy or giraffe with panda but I'm not complaining. I used to love those sort of series myself and seeing my sister get as excited as me about going to the library, looking through the shelves, admiring covers, getting me to read descriptions so she can decide if she's interested or not, finding authors and series she particularly likes and asking me about what I'm reading (apparently regency romance sounds boring, haha) is the best thing ever.

[Maya Briggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started reading this book in the book shop Waterstones, just before Christmas. I couldn't put it down I was loving it so much.

I got this book and 2 others on Christmas Day.

I really loved the Giggly Giraffe because Zoe and the giraffe made giraffe banana and chocolate button ice creams in the book.

[Salma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!!

[Berniece Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little girls love it ❤

[Martina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cteno před spaním se synem. Jemu se to líbilo

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating by my 6 year old, who I read this to. Zoe was especially brazen in this one. (Should giraffes be in eating establishments???)

[Ivy Ingham · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked that the Giraffe was called Jamie like my uncle! The giraffe didn’t behave very well!