The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

By:Roald Dahl
Illustrated By: Quentin Blake
Published By: Puffin Books
Ages: 9-12
Pages: 78

This is a story of little boy named Billy. Billy is facinated with an old bulding on the edge of town that used to be a candy store. One day the for sale sign said SOLD over it and Billy began to watch the building more closely. One mornign he went and there was an open sign, and a very tall door. Billy goes inside to investigate. He finds a window washing crew. A girrafe(the ladder), the pelican ( the bucket) and a monkey (the actually cleaner). A fancy car pulls up and gives the crew their first job at at the famous Hampshire House, where the dutch lives. HE is impressed by their window cleaning abilities, and they capture a most wanted robber that is trying the steal jewels from the dutchess. The dutch offers them a place to live, and food if they will be his permanant window cleaners. They quickly agree, and then the dutch asks Billy what he wants for his work, and he says he wants to reopen a candy store in that building. So it happened, he gets his fancy candy store, and the cleaning crew is happy also.

Who I would recommend this to: Young readers who are reading to explore above their reading level.

Any possible problems/conflicts? Maybe that every one lives happily ever after, they all get exactly what they want.

My reaction: I really enjoyed this book, I thought it was a fun, silly story. 4 stars ****