This book introduces readers to the unique features of giraffes. Basic information is covered, such as life cycle, habitat, range, diet, and predators. Table of contents, interesting facts, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Detailed maps Glossary of key words Index Infographics Table of contents This stimulating...

Traces the development of a giraffe from birth to maturity. Explain's the giraffe's diet, family behaviors, and environment.

Examines the characteristics, behavior, and habitat of giraffes.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

Presents answers to questions about giraffes and what they use their long necks for. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.

The storybook that marked the first appearance of the beloved Curious George! Cecily is a lonely giraffe with no playmates. Her family and friends have all been taken away to the zoo. So, her spirits rise when she meets Mother Pamplemoose and Baby Jinny, James, Johnny, Arthur, David, Punch and Judy-and Curious George. These nine monkeys have no home, because all the trees in their forest have been cut down.

The mismatched pals accidentally latch onto a big yellow bus and leave the cageless zoo for their first trip to school.

"Penelope Giraffe and Gus Penguin are at home on two different sides of the same world. When something looks upside down to Penelope, it looks right-side up to Gus! As they explore their opposite points of view, will the twosome ever see eye-to-eye? This side-splitting, one-of-kind story will have you standing on your head...which wouldn't look silly to Gus at all" -- Provided by publisher.

"Long ago, Nubian giraffes roamed wild across Uganda. Over time, as people constructed roads and towns, giraffe habitat and populations shrank. By 2016, nearly all of the remaining Nubian giraffes in Uganda lived in the northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Then a rich oil deposit was discovered there and companies made plans to start drilling, which put the giraffes at risk. The Ugandan government called on a team of scientists to find...