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All Sophie wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.

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Main Author: Averbeck, Jim
Other Authors: Ismail, Yasmeen (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015].
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
Interpersonal communication > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Giraffe > Juvenile fiction.
Birthdays > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:All Sophie wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.
Physical Description:36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 23 cm.
ISBN:9781481405140 (hardcover)
1481405144 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Jim Averbeck is the author of the Sophia series, illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail; In a Blue Room , illustrated by Tricia Tusa; and of the novel A Hitch at the Fairmont . He is also the author and illustrator of the picture books Oh No, Little Dragon! and Except If . He studied children's book writing and illustration at the University of California Berkeley and now makes his home in San Francisco. You can visit him at JimAverbeck.com.

Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator, and animator. Her first picture book, Time for Bed, Fred , won the V&A Best Illustrated Book Award and The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and nominated for the National Cartoonists Society Silver Reuben Award. Yasmeen has been nominated for her other works as well and has been selected by the Society of Illustrators to have her work shown in the Original Art Exhibition in New York four years in a row.

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