The Trouble With Giraffes
Hardcover – Picture Book, September 16, 2025
A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books · Hardcover · September 16, 2025
A girl and her pet giraffe are friends despite their difference in size in this tender picture book companion to the bestselling and acclaimed Strictly No Elephants.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm picture-book read about friendship, accessibility, and making space for everyone.
- Themes
- Friendship across differences, Inclusion, Accessibility
- Genres
- Giraffe Stories, Friendship, Pet Stories
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A girl and her pet giraffe are friends despite their difference in size in this tender picture book companion to the bestselling and acclaimed Strictly No Elephants. A girl knows having a pet giraffe poses some difficulties, like finding a way to take walks together with legs very different in length. And her giraffe doesn’t fit into the clubhouse door for Pet Club. But the Pet Club members come together to find a way for him—and everyone—to be included.
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Because that’s what friends do. Strictly No Elephants has been sold around the world and is heralded as a pitch-perfect book about inclusion. Now, readers can celebrate the importance of both inclusivity and accessibility in this new companion that is full of new friends to love.
Room for Everyone
A warm picture-book read about friendship, accessibility, and making space for everyone.
Come here for
- A girl and her giraffe navigating the practicalities of being friends
- A gentle take on inclusion that keeps friendship at its heart
Expect
- A tender picture-book companion to Strictly No Elephants
- Pet Club members finding a way to include everyone
Where it sits
| Friendship | 90% |
|---|---|
| Pet Stories | 73% |
| Giraffe Stories | 66% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pet Stories
- Giraffe Stories
- Friendship
- Authors
- Lisa Mantchev
- Publisher
- A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
- Published
- September 16, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Friendship across differences · Inclusion · Accessibility
- Reading lane
- Pet Stories