小男孩有一隻長頸鹿,讓它拼命伸長脖子變高後,就等於擁有一隻半的長頸鹿。而如果小男孩給它戴帽子、穿西裝、黏一朵玫瑰花在鼻子上,各會發生什麼有趣的事?
就這樣,讀者被各種意想不到的突發狀況與其所引發的結果吸引,一口氣便翻到書的最後,故事又回到小男孩與長頸鹿,但精彩的冒險歷程,隨時可以重新開始…..Shel Silverstein的線條插畫與行行押韻的文字,讓這個故事更具趣味。
From Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends and TheGiving Tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe Featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, A Giraffe and a Half will leave every reader, young and old, laughing until the very end. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures Silverstein''s signature humor and style.If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half, you would have a giraffe and a half. But what happens if you glue a rose to the tip of his nose? Or if you used a chair to comb his hair? Join this giraffe on a rollicking and ridiculous journey that will charm readers from beginning to end. And don''t miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein