The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

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I’m think you may have got our Agency confused as there is no Darren or Cariller Cray working here! He is the main protagonist of the story - a young boy who dreams of owning his own sweetshop. He meets the animals from The Ladder less Window-Cleaning Company by chance, and begins to work for them, resulting in many adventures. Giraffe The fortunes of these animals whose ability to talk is never once questioned changed after revealing they are solid citizens by thwarting the attempted robbery of a Duke. Grateful for having his wife’s expensive jewelry collection protected from being stolen by a notorious burglar known as the Cobra, the Duke offers the animals a place to live on his estate in exchange for cleaning his windows and harvesting fruit from his orchards. To do this, they must close down their privately owned business and thus become wards of the estate. As in wards of the state. As in receiving government assistance while meeting a minimum requirement of applied labor. Look at photos of giraffes / pelicans / monkeys and use these to help with your own drawings / paintings of them? (see Resources below). Things go smoothly when they get there until, while cleaning the bedroom windows of Henrietta the Duchess, the Giraffe and the Monkey spot a burglar attempting to steal the Duchess's jewels. The Pelican then flies in and catches the burglar, holding him prisoner in his beak despite the burglar's attempt to shoot his way out with his gun (this makes a hole in the Pelican's beak, but the Duke assures him that the chauffeur can patch it up). Soon the police arrive to arrest the burglar, whom the Chief of Police identifies as the "Cobra", one of the world's most dangerous cat burglars.

Billy and the animals are one day asked by the Duke of Hampshire to clean the titular Hampshire house. They accept the Duke's request. As they clean one day, however, they catch a cat burglar trying to steal the Duke's wife’s jewels. Because of this, the Duke invites the animals to live on his estate so that they can be his personal helpers, meaning that they no longer their building. In turn, Billy turns their old building into a candy shop, fulfilling his lifelong dream. Update this section! And, if your classes enjoyed learning about the different animals in ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’, they’ll like this Giraffes Cloze Worksheet.Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside - Now they're the Ladderless Window Cleaning Company! They become best friends, and now that they have a promising job to carrout out, there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious, galumptious dream just might come true... Make a ‘Wanted’ poster to encourage people to look out for ‘The Cobra, the cleverest and most dangerous cat-burglar in the world’. Among the sweets that Billy sells in The Grubber are Fizzwinkles, from China. They are referenced in one of Dahl's earlier novels, The BFG, except there they are spelled "Fizzwinkel". His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a 1985 children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. The plot follows a young boy named Billy who meets a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, who work as window cleaners.

The Duke of Hampshire’s house has six hundred and seventy-seven windows. Can you count up to 677? Can you think of some problems that have 677 as the answer?One can read this seemingly benign and controversy-free Dahl book published in the wake of massive social upheaval dedicated to dismantling the welfare state and reforming the country’s immigration policies—should one so desire—as a blistering critique of the entire social structure of post-WWII British history up to the election of Margaret Thatcher. Update this section! If your classes enjoyed these Roald Dahl ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’ worksheets, the fun doesn’t have to stop here! Our in-house teachers have created a wide range of fantastic resources to make Roald Dahl’s books even more engaging for all the children you teach. It is with some regret that I sit down to write this correspondence. I understand your reluctance to read voluminous missives so I will keep this missive as unchunky as my e-pen allows.

Imagine that you could fit inside a pelican’s mouth and fly anywhere in the world. Where would you go to? Why?

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Kudos, Mr. Dahl for all you have given us. You departed the world much too soon, but left a literary footprint that no one else will ever fill.