"A lonely giraffe with no playmates meets nine monkeys with no home. Can there be a happy ending? Of course there can -- one of the monkeys is Curious George! This is the first story to feature Curious George, and when you read it, you'll know why children demanded that the Reys give him his very own adventures." --

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.

Loud, boisterous Elephant learns how to be friends with calm, quiet Giraffe.

"Trying to teach your giraffe to ski can be difficult--especially when she only wants to fly down the Big Scary Slope." --

Betsy the giraffe longs to be a ballerina, so when her dance class does not work out, she discovers another way to make her dreams come true.

"In this delightful picture book, a young giraffe is desperate to find a quiet place to read where his noisy brothers and sisters won’t find him."--

A giraffe's day goes from bad to worse when every animal he encounters mistakes him for a chair.

"A giraffe's self-esteem is tested when he competes with a balloon for a young boy's attention." --

While playing hide-and-seek with her brother, Little Giraffe describes him to other animals, and wonders how she will ever be just like him. --

It seems that giraffes will misbehave whether attending a birthday party, going to the movies, playing in the park, or just about anything else.