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The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me (Paperback)

by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator) "Not far from where I live there is a queer old empty wooden house standing all by itself on the side of the road ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin Books; New Edition edition (5 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141311274
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141311272
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.4 x 0.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 62,300 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In this much-loved Dahl story, the giraffe, the pelican and the agile monkey set out to prove that they are the best window-cleaning company around. This edition has a great new cover illustration by Quentin Blake as well as fantastic new author biography.

About the Author
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fab, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: When Billy finds an old shop for sale he decides to buy it. He thinks of making it into a sweet shop but instead he turns it into a window cleaners' shop because in it lives three animals - one tall, one with a big beak and one who can swing very well. The strange thing is he doesn't have a bucket, a ladder and someone to help him clean; oh no, he has a giraffe, a pelican and a monkey! Billy has some wacky adventures with three amazing animal pals (and some perplexing problems too)...

Amazing fact: Roald Dahl had always dreamed of having his very own sweet shop - just like Billy in this story.

Rating and recommendation: 7/ 10; to all Roald Dahl fans.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a very funny and smart book wich i would recomend to anyone, 20 Nov 2001
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Personly i loved this book it was full of thrills i found it helariously funny and rather smart.This has to be one of my faverout books ever. My faverou charector has to bethe pelly he was the bucket and he cought a famous robber and he was also like a helecopter air lifting Gorge up.I espesially liked the end how the the geraffe got is speshale tree and the pelly got his faverout fish the monkey got his nuts and Gorge got his sweet shop.Ialso liked how he made the animals go together as a window cleaning company.It has een a while since i read this book but i shal lways remember it.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite book of all time!!!, 26 Jan 2000
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My favourite book of all time has to be the Giraffe and the pelly and me. I first read it in year three. I think the funniest part is when the giraffe the pelican and the monkey are throwing household things out of the window and its all smashing on the concrete below. When I first read the book I belived the giraffes neck could really strech, the giraffe stretches his neck whilst window cleaning for the duke. I always dreamed of eating the sweets, from the grubber, Gumtwizzlers, Fizzwinkles, Frothblowers, Spitsizzlers, Tummyticklers, Gobwangles and Plushnuggets.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
My auntie bought me this book and I liked the ending best of all and the beginning. I liked Fantastic Mr Fox better than this book but they are both great for younger readers... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars There once was aboy called Billy...
There once was a boy called Billy. One day he decided to go and see the old building that used to be a sweetshop. Read more
Published 17 months ago by D High

5.0 out of 5 stars ingenious
Maybe i live a sheltered life but this has to be one of the best kid's books ever written. I wonder whether Mr. Dahl was a madman or a genious. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms. M. F. Syed

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic yet practical
While Roald Dahl is already a well-known figure in the world of children's books, I have to say 'The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me' is the book I enjoyed most - for reading for... Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Kang

5.0 out of 5 stars The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
This was great fun to listen to, Hugh Laurie is such a wonderful narrator and really adds character to any book.
Published on 10 Mar 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars A charming and funny book
I really enjoyed reading the giraffe, the pelly and me. It was funny and made you really want to read on-I found it hard to put down.
Published on 2 Dec 2000

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