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Giraffes? Giraffes! (HOW)
Giraffes? Giraffes! (HOW)
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Authors: Doris Haggis-on-whey, Benny Haggis-on-whey
Publisher: McSweeney's
Category: Book

List Price: $18.00
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(23 reviews)
Sales Rank: 33189

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9 x 0.4

ISBN: 1932416978
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.602
EAN: 9781932416978
ASIN: 1932416978

Publication Date: February 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
For many years the scientific and educational communities have wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane scholar-pretenders would find the means to publish a series of reference books aimed at children but filled with ludicrous misinformation. These books would be distributed through respectable channels and would inevitably find their ways into the hands and households of well-meaning families, who would go to them for facts but instead find bizarre untruths. The books would look normal enough, but would read as if written by people who have eaten too many lead-based paint chips. Giraffes? Giraffes! is the first in a proposed series of 377 reference books, all written by a couple now getting their chance to twist and tickle the brains of the impressionable. The book puts forth the following novel theories: that giraffes were not part of any evolutionary chain, but came here from Neptune, by way of very long (but convenient and fast) escalators; that giraffes are expert dancers, but become angry if asked about their dancing; that giraffes control over 90 percent of what we see in mirrors; and that the Giraffe navy is as strong as ever, contrary to recent claims in the popular press.



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5 out of 5 stars Pure hilarity   June 9, 2008
I found "Your Disgusting Head" on the clearance rack and just had to have the rest of the series. These books make for great conversation and are actually interesting coffee table books. Giraffes Giraffes tickles funny bones you never knew you had.


5 out of 5 stars I love this book!   April 17, 2008
  1 out of 2 found this review helpful

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5 out of 5 stars Giraffes, who knew?   January 5, 2007
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Simply one of the most informative books ever written. I would recommend "Your disgusting head" as a good second read.



5 out of 5 stars Out of this world!   August 8, 2006
This is art and one rarely comes across art that is this beautiful and this close to being relevant. It's hard to deny the randomness in the order with which thoughts, figures, questions and answers appear in this book but that's what makes it so much more enjoyable. The story seems to be powered by a secret source of energy that exists at the boundary between "real" and "imaginary." The authors frequently cross this boundary on either direction without missing a beat, reminding us how great it is to think freely. What's really great is that this story has no beginning and no end so you can really go back and read it over and over again. Just make sure you don't read it 12 times...



5 out of 5 stars Totally unexpected!   July 16, 2006
I bought this book yesterday and haven't stopped laughing. I work at a zoo and we just got Giraffes so I thought it might be educational. Boy was I right! It's the funniest book I've read in a long time. I highly reccommend it if you are wanting a good laugh or need to know how to make sandwiches for them.
As for the reviewer who gave this book one star (the only negative review I might add) Are you disappointed that you didn't read what the book was about ahead of time or just unable to laugh at anything? You act like this book was in the reference section! This book is hilarious to humans and giraffes!



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