Look at photos of giraffes / pelicans / monkeys and use these to help with your own drawings / paintings of them? (see Resources below). I have a bit of a soft spot for The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me because I vividly remember reading it as a child. I had the large picture book version and I read it all the time.

Things go smoothly when they get there until, while cleaning the bedroom windows of Henrietta the Duchess, the Giraffe and the Monkey spot a burglar attempting to steal the Duchess's jewels. The Pelican then flies in and catches the burglar, holding him prisoner in his beak despite the burglar's attempt to shoot his way out with his gun (this makes a hole in the Pelican's beak, but the Duke assures him that the chauffeur can patch it up). Soon the police arrive to arrest the burglar, whom the Chief of Police identifies as the "Cobra", one of the world's most dangerous cat burglars. AND MEET THE LADDERLESS WINDOW-CLEANING COMPANY: Monkey, Pelican ( Pelly) and Giraffe (who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe?!).

Find sources: "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( June 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Billy lives in a street near an abandoned building. The building used to house an old-fashioned sweets shop but is now converted into the home of the titular giraffe, pelican and monkey who open a window cleaning business.

Children love Roald Dahl’s books, because they make fantastical settings and characters so easy to believe in. Now you can absorb your classes even further into Roald Dahl’s wonderful world with this fun activity. These Roald Dahl ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’ worksheets are ideal for supporting your teaching on this story and helping children to understand the text. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a 1985 children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. The plot follows a young boy named Billy who meets a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, who work as window cleaners.

Look at the songs and rhymes in the story. Can you identify the rhyming words? Can you think of other words that rhyme with these? And, if your classes enjoyed learning about the different animals in ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’, they’ll like this Giraffes Cloze Worksheet. Trivia Questions Trivia Quizzes Daily and Hourly Trivia Games Ask FunTrivia - Get Answers to Questions Crossword Puzzles Trivia Questions Archive The book is called The Giraffe, The Pelly, and Me. It was about a boy called Billy and a window cleaning service.