The giraffe that walked to Paris is a Five in a Row book. It is one of the most difficult books to find because it's out of print and if you want to buy it used you have to pay over a hundred $ for it. Today, as I was browsing the internet for this book I found a different book that came out last week. The tittle of this book is; Zarafa: The Giraffe Who Walked to the King.
It is the same story as giraffe that walked to Paris.
Synopsis:
Zarafa is a beautiful and gentle giraffe . . . so wonderful, in fact, that the ruler of Egypt offers her as a gift to the king of France But how to get her there? Why, she sails up the Nile by felucca, crosses the sea by brigantine, and, yes, walks the last five hundred miles to Paris. People love it. And they love her, meeting and greeting her along the way, cheering her on. Afterward, the grateful French king places Zarafa in his own royal garden, where all of Paris comes to visit and love her. Judith St. George brings this amazing but true journey to life with help from the whimsical art of Britt Spencer.
This book is The Giraffe that walked to Paris.
What is the perfect gift for the king who has everything? In this fact-based picture book, the unusual present is a giraffe. In 1826 the pasha of Egypt offers to ship a giraffe to France as a gesture of peace and friendship. Travel arrangements are made and passage secured for the animal, her attendants and the three cows necessary to provide her with milk during the journey. The logistics become a bit sticky when the long-necked creature arrives in Marseilles. The only conceivable way to transport her to see the king in Paris is to walk--which she does. A zoo becomes the giraffe's eventual home and all of France enjoys seeing her there for many years.
You see!! It is the same story! So, since I don't have over a hundred $ to spend on the first book I went ahead and spent $12 on the new book.
Which means come next school year we are finally going to be rowing The Giraffe that walked to Paris, we'll just be using a different book, but the same story!!
