A giraffe goes to Paris /
by Mary Tavener Holmes and John Harris ; illustrated by Jon Cannell.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2010.
- 31 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Recounts the 1827 journey of a young giraffe named Belle, a gift from the Pasha of Egypt to King Charles X of France, as she makes her way by boat and land to Paris, accompanied by her devoted caretaker, Atir.
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Voyages and travels--Fiction. Giraffe--Fiction. Animal introduction--Fiction.