Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
By Megumi Iwasa and Jun Takabatake
3.5/5
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About this ebook
New York Public Library, Top 10 2017
The international bestselling and award-winning illustrated chapter book for ages 6–8.
Giraffe, who lives in Africa, is bored as usual. He’d love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. There he finds a pen pal—Penguin. But it’s hard to imagine someone you’ve never seen...
Giraffe knows nothing about penguins and his letters are full of questions. What does a penguin look like? Where is a penguin’s neck?
And so the letters begin to fly from horizon to horizon.
Emerging readers will love this absurd and funny story about what connects us, and finding friendship in unlikely places.
With simple line drawings—including handwritten letters—on every page, this witty and accessible story is a perfect book to start independent readers on a lifetime love of reading.
Originally published in Japan where it is a much-loved classic, Yours Sincerely, Giraffe is now a popular success all around the world.
“This is a rare book: joyful, ingenuous, playfully earnest” —Kirkus
Megumi Iwasa studied graphic design and lives in Tokyo.
Jun Takabatake is one of Japan’s best-loved children’s illustrators. His illustrations have been exhibited throughout the world, and he has won many international awards.
Awards
• New York Public Library, Top 10, 2017
• Chicago Public Library, Best Fiction for Younger Readers, 2017
• German Youth Literature Prize Winner, 2018
• USBBY Outstanding International Book List, 2018
• 11 Best Books for 4 to 7-year-olds, The Independent, 2016
Praise for Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
“With beautifully simple illustrations and a hope-filled ending, it is an ideal introduction to Japanese literature.” —The Independent
“The combination of short narrative, dialogue, letters, and humorous pen-and-ink drawings is a winning one.” —Booklist starred review
“A lovely story such as this, presented so well, is the kind of book to set a pre-teen youngster on a lifelong romance with books and literature.” —Magpies Magazine
“This Japanese import will charm beginning readers who enjoy a bit of witty humor with their animal adventures. The pen-and-ink illustrations are simple yet have a Quentin Blake feel that rounds out the characters and their quirky behaviors.” —School Library Journal starred review
Megumi Iwasa
Megumi Iwasa studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo, where she also worked. She is the author of a number of popular children's books, and she lives in Tokyo, Japan.
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Reviews for Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My son thinks that it is very funny and cool. It kept our attention the entire time and we read it quite fast.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Giraffe in Africa is bored. His friend Pelican has started up a mail service to give him something to do. Giraffe writes a letter to whomever is over the horizon. That turns out to be Penguin. Little does Pelican know how busy Giraffe and Penguin are going to keep him. The beginning of the book is slow, but keep going, it gets better and funnier. Penguin and Giraffe write letters back and forth getting to know each other with Giraffe trying to figure out what Penguin looks like. As he tries to dress up to look like penguin based on information from the letters, he looks funnier and funnier. Off he floats to Whale Island to meet his penpal looking nothing like a penguin. This is a great book to use with students in late primary or early junior classes when you are teaching them about letter writing. It would be great to set up a penpal program with other children from your own city or around the world. A good mentor text written in short chapter format with black and white illustrations. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.