The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

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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. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside - they're the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all England, there's a chance Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true . . .

Listen to the audiobook version of the story. Could you narrate and record a passage from the book using expression / accents / sound effects / music? The fortunes of these animals whose ability to talk is never once questioned changed after revealing they are solid citizens by thwarting the attempted robbery of a Duke. Grateful for having his wife’s expensive jewelry collection protected from being stolen by a notorious burglar known as the Cobra, the Duke offers the animals a place to live on his estate in exchange for cleaning his windows and harvesting fruit from his orchards. To do this, they must close down their privately owned business and thus become wards of the estate. As in wards of the state. As in receiving government assistance while meeting a minimum requirement of applied labor.

Dahl masters yet another story here by finding new characters and new angles to approach. With another child protagonist (as attentive readers will see, many Dahl tales are narrated by children), the story progresses. The precocious narrator goes off to explore the world, alone. I noticed that there are rarely any parental figures found in Dahl's children's books, which was mentioned in a recent biography I read of the author. Billy is free to frolic and find his way, dashing off to an estate with three random animals, where they eventually clash with an armed robber. How interesting for a children's book to remove the 'adult flavour', at least parents, from the narrative and give complete control to a child seemingly the same age as the target audience. The story flows well and the characters work well together to forge a strong story and decent collection of morals and lessons that are threaded throughout. Imagine that you could fit inside a pelican’s mouth and fly anywhere in the world. Where would you go to? Why? Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play - including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits. Read more Details 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.

He is the main protagonist of the story - a young boy who dreams of owning his own sweetshop. He meets the animals from The Ladder less Window-Cleaning Company by chance, and begins to work for them, resulting in many adventures. Giraffe Look at photos of giraffes / pelicans / monkeys and use these to help with your own drawings / paintings of them? (see Resources below). Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. 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? The giraffe, pelican and monkey set up a window cleaning company. Can you think of some other animals? What job might they be able to do? Could you write a story about this?One can read this seemingly benign and controversy-free Dahl book published in the wake of massive social upheaval dedicated to dismantling the welfare state and reforming the country’s immigration policies—should one so desire—as a blistering critique of the entire social structure of post-WWII British history up to the election of Margaret Thatcher. Update this section! The giraffe, pelican and monkey can be viewed as symbolic representatives of foreign cultures who move into and completely transform a building which has been apparently been abandoned since the war. In renovating what was once a candy store they quite literally throw out everything including the kitchen sink!