Giraffe Trouble

by Jean Craighead George, Anna Vojtech (Illustrator)

Lots of information is embedded in this adventure of a very brave giraffe.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Nature

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Jean Craighead George wrote over eighty popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While she mostly wrote children's fiction, she also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.

The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and T. Luke George) Jean George was a grandmother who joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George kept one hundred and seventy-three pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. "Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behaviour and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This needs either more pictures or fewer 'technical' vocabulary words. For example, the young giraffe got in trouble when she went off to satisfy a craving for the buds of the combretum trees. Combretum trees. That definitely needs a sentence or two of description as well as a better illustration.

A child who has already developed a passion for giraffes is most likely to enjoy the book.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

Giraffe Trouble text by Jean Craighead George (Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountains), illustrated by Anna Vojtech. The artwork for each picture was painted with watercolors.
I enjoy Anna's paintings. Holding her pictures in your mind, you can feel the savanna winds.
"In her illustrations Anna combines her love for painting, for storytelling and for nature."
http://www.avojtech.com/

A Disney Press book for Animal Kingdom, however marketing material is minimal and at the very end with a map of Animal Kingdom.

[Kim Miller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not, a wonderful book. but it was ok. About a baby Giraffe wondering too far from its mother and gets saved by its grandfather. There are quite a few big and different words that would need explaining. There is more to learn from the words than the story.

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the story of the first few weeks/months of a little giraffe's life on the African savannah. It was neat to see tidbits of zoology thrown in as the author detailed what the baby giraffe did and why.

Pretty illustrations.

[Cws]

JENF-Geo

[Megan B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a sweet read for the kids and it managed to be very educational at the same time.

[Tareah Bush · Rating 4 out of 5]

I believe that although this is relatively a fiction book it is also a good informational book because it has a factual, informative character description at the end if the book!