The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

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created specifically for this book, which you can find below. A very DETAILED description about this If your classes enjoyed these Roald Dahl ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’ worksheets, the fun doesn’t have to stop here! Our in-house teachers have created a wide range of fantastic resources to make Roald Dahl’s books even more engaging for all the children you teach. Told from the point of view of a young boy named Billy, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Metells the story of Billy's lifelong dream to own a candy store (which the British call a "sweet shop.") He almost constantly is reminded of this dream because of an abandoned building next to his home called the Grubber (an old term for a candy store).

When Billy reopens The Grubber he chooses to sell sweets made by the Willy Wonka company which features in Dahl's earlier novels Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a 1985 children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. The plot follows a young boy named Billy who meets a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, who work as window cleaners. For this cooperative group project, students work together to describe Billy, The Duke of Hampshire, and the three animals that make up the Ladderless Window Cleaning Company. Listen to the audiobook version of the story. Could you narrate and record a passage from the book using expression / accents / sound effects / music? These lovely Roald Dahl Colouring Sheets provide you with a great activity to keep your classes calm while they have fun colouring in all their favourite Roald Dahl characters.Among the sweets that Billy sells in The Grubber are Fizzwinkles, from China. They are referenced in one of Dahl's earlier novels, The BFG, except there they are spelled "Fizzwinkel".

The monkey describes walnuts as being ‘scrumptious-galumptious, so flavory-savory, so sweet to eat?’. Can you think of different words / phrases to describe different senses (e.g. taste / touch / smell / hearing / sight). Although the story is narrated in first-person by Billy, the word 'me' in the title refers to the monkey, who concludes every verse of his signature song with the phrase 'the giraffe and the pelly and me'. Although the story is narrated in first-person by Billy, the word "Me" in the title refers to the monkey, who concludes every verse of his signature song with the phrase "the giraffe and the pelly and me".

And, if your classes enjoyed learning about the different animals in ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’, they’ll like this Giraffes Cloze Worksheet. Look at the songs and rhymes in the story. Can you identify the rhyming words? Can you think of other words that rhyme with these?