Sheena O'connell's Reviews > Giraffes Can't Dance

Giraffes Can’t Dance
This is a beautifully illustrated book about a Giraffe called Gerald who lives in the Jungle. Gerald is long, skinny and bandy knees and as a result of this poor Gerald can’t dance and the other animals in the jungle make fun of Gerald for been different and not being like him. Geralds struggles to fit in. This is a great book to convey the message of inclusion and friendship to younger children. From this heart-warming book they discover that even though tour different or cant do something that everyone else can doesn’t mean you can’t do something else or fit in with everyone. Children enjoy this story of a result of the likable character Gerald who in the ends finds different music and can dance just as well as any of the other animals in the jungle. I think this book can be related to many issues in the Primary school classroom which I have come across. Many children have individual strength and feel weak if they can’t do something in particular. Gerald brings this issue to life and shows the children that you might not be good at one thing but there are many other talents which you may have instead. I highly recommend this book to all ks1 teachers to read to their class and also to ks2 to relate it to numerous situations if children jeer others for their weaknesses.