Reviews"Rat-a-tat dialogue and freewheeling cartooning, featuring a bounty of googly eyes and goofy expressions, make this a great readaloud for anyone who's ever felt objectified or misunderstood-a wide audience if ever there was one." -- Publishers Weekly "An engaging bit of silliness that should find a home in storytime and picture book collections." -- School Library Journal "Yeah, I'd say that's a winner! I laughed more with this book than I have in a while. The ending, especially, was a perfect touch. The illustrations are, of course, what make this book (because, really, a giraffe would not look like a chair otherwise)." -- Literary Hoots, Rat-a-tat dialogue and freewheeling cartooning, featuring a bounty of googly eyes and goofy expressions, make this a great readaloud for anyone who's ever felt objectified or misunderstood-a wide audience if ever there was one., Yeah, I'd say that's a winner! I laughed more with this book than I have in a while. The ending, especially, was a perfect touch. The illustrations are, of course, what make this book (because, really, a giraffe would not look like a chair otherwise).
Grade FromPreschool
Dewey DecimalE
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisGrab the best seat in the house with this funny, touching picture book about a giraffe who keeps being mistaken for a chair! From the acclaimed author-illustrator of There's a Giraffe in My Soup comes a curious tale about finding one's courage and standing up for oneself. Full of vibrant and playful illustrations and hilariously absurd logic, kids will want to read it again and again., Is there anything worse than being mistaken for a chair Maybe being sat on by a stinky skunk Or smooshed by two hapless hippos Or-worst of all-cornered by a hungry lion What's a poor giraffe to do when no one seems to notice that he is not standing there just to be sat upon It's a curious tale about finding your courage from acclaimed author-illustrator Ross Burach., Grab the best seat in the house with this funny, touching picture book about a giraffe who keeps being mistaken for a chair From the acclaimed author-illustrator of There's a Giraffe in My Soup comes a curious tale about finding one's courage and standing up for oneself. Full of vibrant and playful illustrations and hilariously absurd logic, kids will want to read it again and again.