Explores the physical and behavioral characteristics of giraffes, examines their habitat and natural history, and discusses the role of humans in ensuring the continued survival of the species.
Photographs and text provide information about giraffes, showing where they live, how they look, and how they eat, rest, grow, and care for their young, and discussing threats to the survival of giraffes.
A giraffe and a mouse who live together in the forest think that each is better than the other, until a fire threatens their home and they discover that their differences can be assets after all.
Retells the true story of how the first giraffe ever to come to Europe was sent by the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France in 1826, and the giraffe walked from the disembarkation point of Marseilles to Paris to see the King.
Provides information about the physical features, social life, feeding, and mating habits of giraffes, and includes discussion of how they raise their young, and their interactions with humans.