Photographs and simple Spanish and English text provide an introduction to giraffes, discussing their habitat, physical characteristics, and behaviors.
When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to "the warm place" that is home.
Offers a fictionalized account of the 1975 slaying of forty-nine giraffes at a zoo in a small Chechoslovakian town, following the story of the giraffes from their capture in Africa to their mysterious deaths.
An introduction to giraffes, including their size, diet, and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.