The Trouble with Giraffes
The Trouble with Giraffes by Lisa Mantchev is a picture book published by Simon and Schuster on September 16, 2025. This 32-page book is written in English and explores the unique friendship between a girl and her pet giraffe, highlighting the challenges they face due to their size differences. The narrative focuses on their adventures and the creative solutions they find to ensure that everyone, including the giraffe, can participate in activities together.
Readers will discover themes of inclusivity and accessibility as the girl and her giraffe navigate their daily lives, particularly in social settings like the Pet Club. The story emphasizes the importance of friendship and collaboration, showcasing how the community comes together to support one another. This companion book to the acclaimed Strictly No Elephants continues to celebrate the values of acceptance and understanding in a delightful and engaging manner.
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A girl and her pet giraffe are friends despite their difference in size in this tender picture book companion to the bestselling and acclaimed Strictly No Elephants.
A girl knows having a pet giraffe poses some difficulties, like finding a way to take walks together with legs very different in length. And her giraffe doesn’t fit into the clubhouse door for Pet Club. But the Pet Club members come together to find a way for him—and everyone—to be included. Because that’s what friends do.
Strictly No Elephants has been sold around the world and is heralded as a pitch-perfect book about inclusion. Now, readers can celebrate the importance of both inclusivity and accessibility in this new companion that is full of new friends to love.
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