TITLE: Giraffes Can't Dance
AUTHOR: Giles Andrea ILLUSTRATOR: Guy Parker-Rees
PUBLISHER: Orchard Books PUBLICATION DATE: 2001
GENRE: fiction picture book READING LEVEL: 5-8
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A giraffe wants to dance at the Jungle Dance. The other animals tease him. He soon learns to dance his own unique way of dancing.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The class, group of students, or children can listen to a well known song with specific dance moves, but they can make up their own dance moves.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Lewis, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: fiction, animals, dance