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Yours sincerely, giraffe / Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Gecko Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: English language editionDescription: 102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781927271872
  • 1927271878
  • 9781927271889
  • 1927271886
Uniform titles:
  • Boku wa Afurika ni sumu kirin to iimasu. English
Related works:
  • Translation of: Iwasa, Megumi, 1958- Boku wa Afurika ni sumu kirin to iimasu
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A Bored Giraffe Writes His First Letter -- Is the Horizon Near? Or Far? -- Penguin and the Magnificent Professor Whale -- Penguin's Reply -- Giraffe and Penguin Become Pen Pals -- Giraffe Dresses Up Like Penguin -- Face to Face At Last.
Summary: This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal. Although they do not know what each other looks like, the giraffe decides to meet her new friend disguised as a penguin!Summary: Giraffe is bored, as usual. He'd love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. There he finds a pen pal called Penguin. Giraffe knows nothing about penguins and his letters are full of questions. Where is a penguin's neck? Can a penguin fly? Penguin answers as best he can. But no one expects what happens when the pen pals come face to face at last. Yours Sincerely, Giraffe is a funny tale of mistaken assumptions and friendship.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction IWASA MEGUMI Processing 33111011243041
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This international bestseller is an endearing illustrated chapter book about an African giraffe and his pen pal, a penguin. It's hard to imagine someone you've never seen... Giraffe is bored, as usual. He'd love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. There he finds a pen pal-Penguin. Giraffe knows nothing about penguins and his letters are full of questions. What does a penguin look like? Where is a penguin's neck? And so the letters begin to fly from horizon to horizon. Yours Sincerely, Giraffe is a funny tale of mistaken assumptions and friendship.

Translation of: Boku wa Afurika ni sumu kirin to iimasu.

This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal. Although they do not know what each other looks like, the giraffe decides to meet her new friend disguised as a penguin!

Giraffe is bored, as usual. He'd love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. There he finds a pen pal called Penguin. Giraffe knows nothing about penguins and his letters are full of questions. Where is a penguin's neck? Can a penguin fly? Penguin answers as best he can. But no one expects what happens when the pen pals come face to face at last. Yours Sincerely, Giraffe is a funny tale of mistaken assumptions and friendship.

Primary National Library of New Zealand.

Translated from the Japanese.

A Bored Giraffe Writes His First Letter -- Is the Horizon Near? Or Far? -- Penguin and the Magnificent Professor Whale -- Penguin's Reply -- Giraffe and Penguin Become Pen Pals -- Giraffe Dresses Up Like Penguin -- Face to Face At Last.

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