This story is a delightful dialogue between a young girl and her father that searches for an answer to the title question, ‘what noise does a giraffe make?’ The discussion recounts various sounds of animals of which children may be familiar, but draws a blank for giraffes. It is both educational and probing in its simplicity and a conversation that will continue beyond the story.
Reading the story at various Auckland libraries must be a highlight of this book for me. One seven-year-old boy eagerly exclaimed after I read the title “Ah, that’s a good question!”During the ses ........
Kindy teacher friends have directed my attention to NZ’s Early Childhood EducationalCurriculum resources published last year, which stress the significance of quality / authentic/ genuine adult a ........
Rose’s review of What Noise Does a Giraffe Make? Cunningly cute, convincingly clever, and confoundingly a conundrum, What Noise Does a Giraffe Make?, makes use of all these ploys in its call to a ........
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