This book can be recommended for classroom book corners. Young readers may be challenged by the book, but will undoubtedly enjoy working and phonetically sounding their way through longer words. Laughing Giraffe by Mwenye Hadithi, 2008, Hachette Childrens Group edition, in English. The moral of the story is that those who make the biggest noise are not necessarily those who are the best heard.īeautiful illustrations of wild animals add to the book’s message and give young readers the chance to extend their vocabulary beyond the written words. In the end Giraffe is silenced and one does feel a bit sorry for the long-neck. In the unfolding contest those with an axe to grind with Giraffe become Egrets allies. This all changes when the Littlest Egret challenges Giraffe to see who is the loudest. It shouted and laughed all the time and frequently scared some of the other creatures out of their wits. The story is about a giraffe who was, once upon a time, one of the noisiest animals on the great plains of Africa. African Folk Tale 14 Books Collection Set Pack By Mwenye Hadithi, (Bumping Buffalo, Cross Crocodile, Handsome Hog, Awkward Aardvark, Baby Baboon, Crafty Chameleon, Enormous Elephant, Greedy Zebra, Hot Hippo, Hungry Hyena, Laughing Giraffe, Lazy Lion by Mwenye Hadithi it was amazing 5. The familiarity of the story’s setting and the wild animals are probably some of the reasons the publisher chose it for translation. Without knowing that the author grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, and that he grew up in a wild garden full of gazelles, porcupines and warthogs, one could have assumed it was a locally crafted tale. Laughing Giraffe, originally published in English, has recently been translated into Afrikaans (Kameelperd wat so Lag), isiZulu (Undlulamithi oHlekayo) and isi-Xhosa (Undlulamthi Ohlekayo). Kameel-Perd Wat So Lag (Laughing Giraffe) by Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway

Laughing Giraffe, originally published in English, has recently been translated into Afrikaans (Kameelperd wat so Lag).