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Book ReviewsGiraffes Can't Dance |
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Book: Giraffes Can't Dance
Written by: Giles Andreae |
Publisher: Orchard Books
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5
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Cute - but don't like the name calling to teach a lesson
Rating:
3 / 5
Cute pictures and great rhyme. The problem I have is that when all the other animals see the poor giraffe try and dance at the party they say in unison "Giraffes can't dance you silly fool! Oh, Gerald, you're so weird." Why did the authors have to use "silly fool" and call Gerald "weird"? The world is full enough of kids saying hurtful things to other kids that I don't want the books I read to be one more place for my girls to hear such things...espeically since there are many others that teach lessons without putting others down to prove the point.
Why all the 5-star ratings???
Rating:
2 / 5
This book was cute, but not a book you'd want to read over and over. Once was enough. A book adults and kids love to hear over and over is the Big Hungry Bear (Red Ripe Strawberry) by Audrey Wood.
A Wonderful Lesson!
Rating:
5 / 5
This is the most precious story about how being different is okay and how you can still be good at something even though you have to go about it a little "differently." I bought this for my 4 yr old son with cerebral palsy who can't walk and he absolutely adores it! "We can all dance if we find the right music." Gerald, who initially was ridiculed by the other animals for being a terrible dancer, gets a little help from a friend in finding the "right music." His dancing is admired by the other animals in the end. My husband demonstrates the different dances with my son as he reads the book to him which my son thoroughly enjoys! We have a very extensive book collection for my son, but this would have to be one of his (and my) all-time favorites. I have also bought several copies of this book for my son's school. The illustrations are the best that I've ever seen in a children's book. Can't recommend this highly enough!
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