A story about being yourself and loving who you are.

Jelly Bean the Giraffe was napping when a bird built a nest on her, but she remains very still and careful until the baby birds hatch.

When a little girl cannot satisfy the grumpy giraffe she has drawn on the pavement, he draws her into the picture so she can see for herself what is missing.

Struggling to fit in as the only giraffe in a school of children, reluctant newcomer Geraldine meets fellow outcast Cassie and learns how to stand out by being herself, playing by her own rules, and staying true to her new friend.

While constructing a new home for the giraffe at the Fixham Zoo, Lofty accidentally lets the animal loose.

"Penelope Giraffe and Gus Penguin are at home on two different sides of the same world. When something looks upside down to Penelope, it looks right-side up to Gus! As they explore their opposite points of view, will the twosome ever see eye-to-eye? This side-splitting, one-of-kind story will have you standing on your head . . . which wouldn't look silly to Gus at all." --

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chamelion, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to "the warm place" that is home.

"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes . . . ' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling an unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the...

Miss Mingo helps all of the animal students in her class overcome their shyness on the first day of school by encouraging them to share something special about themselves.