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Author | : Mary Tavener Holmes |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780761455950 |
Download A Giraffe Goes to Paris Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A giraffe causes a sensation when he walks 500 miles to Paris
Author | : Nancy Milton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-06-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781930900677 |
Download The Giraffe That Walked to Paris Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Retells the true story of how the first giraffe ever to come to Europe was sent by the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France in 1826, and the giraffe walked from the disembarkation point of Marseilles to Paris to see the King.
Author | : Olivier Lebleu |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2020-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1538142252 |
Download In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This engaging account traces the remarkable history of France's first giraffe, a diplomatic gift from Egyptian Pasha Muhammed-Ali to King Charles X in 1826. “Zarafa,” taken by boat from Egypt to Marseilles and walked all the way to Paris, was accompanied by her Arab handlers and a famous French naturalist. She drew vast crowds along her route, sparking a giraffomania that was widely documented in art and literature. Her initial journey and then long and celebrated residence in Paris encapsulates nineteenth-century French socio-political history and highlights the emerging evolutionary theories of the time. Over fifty illustrations from the period illuminate this rare encounter with a unique animal that is now endangered and deserving of our greater attention and understanding.
Author | : Michael Allin |
Publisher | : Delta |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1999-08-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0385334117 |
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In October 1826, a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris to the delight of thousands of onlookers. The viceroy's tribute was politically motivated: He commanded the Turkish forces then fighting the Greeks in their war of independence, and hoped his gift would persuade the French not to intervene against him. But the viceroy and his intentions were quickly forgotten as France fell in love with its "beautiful stranger." Zarafa chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early nineteenth century. From the Enlightenment's blossoming fascination with science to Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt in 1798–from the eminent French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire to Bernardino Drovetti, French consul general in Egypt and tomb robber extraordinaire–the era was full of memorable events and characters. Michael Allin deftly weaves them into the story with an appreciation for detail and an uncommon affection. The giraffe's strange and wonderful journey linked Africa and Europe in mutual discovery. Although her arrival did not keep the French out of Ali's war, she became an instant celebrity in Paris and over the next eighteen years she fascinated all of Europe. Through Michael Allin's narrative skill, Zarafa stirs the imagination as it provides a new context for the history of a distant age.
Author | : Dianne Hofmeyr |
Publisher | : Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-09 |
Genre | : Children's stories |
ISBN | : 9781847806611 |
Download Zeraffa Giraffa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the astonishing true story of Zeraffa, a giraffe who was sent as a gift from Egypt to France in 1826. A young boy, Atir, takes care of Zeraffa on her epic journey and the sailors sing songs as she gazes down at them. In France, Atir leads her through the countryside, and thousands of people marvel at Zeraffa. Paris falls in love with Zeraffa. The King builds her a special house in the Jardin des Plantes. On warm nights, the young princess visits, while Atir whispers stories to Zeraffa of a hot land far away. The amazing story by an award-winning author of a giraffe's extraordinary voyage from Africa to Paris.
Author | : Leith Hillard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Animal introduction |
ISBN | : 9780949284419 |
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In 1826 the arrival of the first giraffe ever to come to France causes a sensation throughout the country, especially during the giraffe's fifty-two day walk from Marseilles to Paris.
Author | : Viviane Elbee |
Publisher | : Albert Whitman & Company |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2018-11-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0807577669 |
Download Teach Your Giraffe to Ski Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the snow begins to fall and your giraffe takes to the slopes, a rollicking adventure ensues! Your giraffe wants to learn how to ski—but but not on the bunny hill. She wants to go down the big scary slope! Enjoy this riotous journey as the narrator tries to reign their giraffe in—and learns something about courage along the way.
Author | : Jacques R. E. Poirier |
Publisher | : Leo Cooper Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780850524611 |
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Special Operations Executive during the second world war and the Resistance movement.
Author | : Oliver Gee |
Publisher | : Earful Tower Publishing |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2020-05-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781098301996 |
Download Paris on Air Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Join award-winning podcaster Oliver Gee on this laugh-out-loud journey through the streets of Paris. He tells of how five years in France have taught him how to order cheese, make a Parisian person smile, and convince anyone you can fake French (even if, like Oliver, you speak the language like an Australian cow). A fresh voice on the Paris scene, he shares the soaring highs and crushing lows that come with following your dreams to the French capital. He also befriends the city's too-cool-for-school basketballers, chases runaway crocodiles, and goes on a mammoth honeymoon trip around France on his little red scooter.
Author | : Shel Silverstein |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2024-02-27 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0063384795 |
Download A Giraffe and a Half Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe! Featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, A Giraffe and a Half will surely leave every reader, young and old, laughing until the very end. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures Silverstein’s signature humor and style. If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half, you would have a giraffe and a half. But what happens if you glue a rose to the tip of his nose? Or if you used a chair to comb his hair? Join this giraffe on a rollicking and ridiculous journey that will charm readers from beginning to end. And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!