Giraffe Meets Bird

Giraffe Meets Bird
Author: Rebecca Bender
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1927485355

Since 2011 Rebecca Bender’s award-winning Giraffe and Bird books have been tickling the funny bones of children and their families as the cantankerous cronies learn that friendship, while not always easy, is always worthwhile. But how did this unlikely pair become friends in the first place? In Giraffe Meets Bird, Bender’s bright acrylics and lively storytelling reveal the friends’ early days while pairs of scrumptious synonyms make her trademark rich vocabulary accessible to a new, younger audience. When the egg in Giraffe’s tree first hatches, he is excited and eager. But the baby bird grows quickly, and he soon learns how to make Giraffe angry and annoyed. It doesn’t take long for Giraffe and Bird to start fighting over their tree. When danger forces them to work together, the two not-quite-friends realize they might not be able to share their home at all. Luckily, they come up with a solution that is surprising, startling, and absolutely stunning.

Giraffe and Bird

Giraffe and Bird
Author: Rebecca Bender
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2017-04-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1772780251

Rebecca Bender's hilarious Giraffe and Bird was an instant classic when it was first published in 2011, selling 10,000 copies in Canada alone. Since then children and their parents have giggled their way through a sequel, Don't Laugh at Giraffe (2012), and a prequel for younger readers, Giraffe Meets Bird (2015). Now, after several years out of print, the original story is rejoining its partners on the shelf in a sturdy, new trade edition with a padded cover. Giraffe and Bird are not friends. Not even a little bit. The bird pesters the giraffe with his face-making, feather-pruning, and disgusting eating habits. The giraffe annoys the bird with his bad breath, ear-swatting, and lack of respect for personal space. Of course they are always fighting. Of course they would be better off without each other. Except, it turns out, maybe they wouldn't be. With bold acrylic illustrations and laugh-out-loud storytelling, Rebecca Bender's bestselling debut will continue to delight children, adults, and friends of all kinds.

Don't Laugh at Giraffe

Don't Laugh at Giraffe
Author: Rebecca Bender
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2012-05-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0986949566

Dignified Giraffe is crushed when the other animals laugh at his awkward efforts to get a drink at the water hole, but Bird steps in to save the day and prove to his long-legged companion that it's okay to look goofy once in a while.

Not Friends

Not Friends
Author: Rebecca Bender
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-09-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 177278026X

Giraffe and Bird are not friends. Not even a little bit. The bird pesters the giraffe with his face-making, feather-pruning, and disgusting eating habits. The giraffe annoys the bird with his bad breath, ear-swatting, and lack of respect for personal space. Of course they are always fighting. Of course they would be better off without each other. Except, it turns out, maybe they wouldn’t be. With bold acrylic illustrations, expressive word play, and laugh-out-loud storytelling, award-winning author-illustrator Rebecca Bender delivers an odd-couple tale that is anything but your average friendship story. Satisfyingly un-sweet and uproariously irreverent, Not Friends invites thoughtful discussion about children’s relationships with each other—though first you’ll have to wait for the giggling to stop.

Slug Days

Slug Days
Author: Sara Leach
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2017
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1772780227

Lauren, who has Asperger Syndrome, navigates the ups and downs of school and home life. School friendships have always been a challenge, but Lauren finds she is exactly the friend a brand-new classmate needs. Illustrations.

Giraffe and Bird Together Again

Giraffe and Bird Together Again
Author: Rebecca Bender
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1772780510

Bird lives for adventure. He wants to swoop, soar, and explore. Giraffe is perfectly happy right where he is, thank you very much. He never worries when Bird flits off for a while. But one afternoon his friend fails to return. Giraffe has a bad feeling that something has happened to Bird. Giraffe dreads the wide world full of tangly forests, craggy mountains, and mysterious plains. But he doesn't hesitate. If Bird is in trouble, then Giraffe will find and rescue him. Award-winning author-illustrator Rebecca Bender pushes Giraffe and Bird to new heights of courage, ingenuity, and humour in Giraffe and Bird Together Again. The two unlikely companions are firmer in their friendship, but their antics are just as uproarious as ever. Readers of all ages will laugh and cheer as Giraffe and Bird discover just how far each will go for the other.

Grumpy Bird

Grumpy Bird
Author: Jeremy Tankard
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338153560

The debut book of Jeremy Tankard's high-flying Bird series! Bird wakes up feeling grumpy. Too grumpy to eat or play -- too grumpy even to fly. "Looks like I'm walking today," says Bird. He walks past Sheep, who offers to keep him company. He walks past Rabbit, who also could use a walk. Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox join in, too. Before he knows it, a little exercise and companionship help Bird shake his bad mood. Praised by the Wall Street Journal as "comic perfection," this winsome, refreshingly original picture book is sure to help kids (and grown-ups) giggle away their grumpies, too! Bird's impeckably crafted, hilarious melodramas continue in the Grumpy Bird board book, Boo Hoo Bird, Hungry Bird, and coming in 2018, Sleepy Bird.

A Giraffe Did One

A Giraffe Did One
Author: Jerry Pallotta
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-12-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1410310051

Readers have to figure out just exactly what it is these animals are doing. A fun reminder on good manners.

Bird Talk

Bird Talk
Author: Lita Judge
Publisher: Flash Point
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1466808683

A gorgeously illustrated tribute to birds of all kinds and the fantastic, funny, fascinating things that they do. Birds have lots of ways of communicating: They sing and talk, dance and drum, cuddle and fight. But what does all of the bird talk mean? Filled with gorgeous illustrations, this fascinating picture book takes a look at the secret life of birds in a child-friendly format that is sure to appeal to readers of all ages - whether they're die-hard bird-watchers or just curious about the creatures in their own backyards.

The Story of Giraffe

The Story of Giraffe
Author: Ronald Hermsen
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781932425871

After learning that he cannot board Noah's ark until he finds a girl giraffe to go with him, Giraffe asks other creatures for help but, while they teach him valuable lessons, none can help with the main problem.