Holmes, Mary Tavener.

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.

9780761455950

2009019047


Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Giraffe--Fiction.
Animal introduction--Fiction.


France--History--Charles X, 1824-1830--Fiction.

PZ7.H7373 / Gir 2010

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