The Resource Yours sincerely, giraffe, Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake ; translated by Cathy Hirano
Yours sincerely, giraffe, Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake ; translated by Cathy Hirano
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The item Yours sincerely, giraffe, Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake ; translated by Cathy Hirano represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in District of Columbia Public Library System.
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- Summary
- In this book about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world, a giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who's a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he doesn't understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal
- Language
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- eng
- jpn
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 102 pages
- Note
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- "First published in Japan in 2001 by KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd. This edition first published in 2016 by Gecko Press ... Wellington, New Zealand"--Colophon
- Translation of: Boku wa Afurika ni sumu kirin to iimasu
- Isbn
- 9781927271889
- Label
- Yours sincerely, giraffe
- Title
- Yours sincerely, giraffe
- Statement of responsibility
- Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake ; translated by Cathy Hirano
- Language
-
- eng
- jpn
- eng
- Summary
- In this book about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world, a giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who's a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he doesn't understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal
- Cataloging source
- TnLvILS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Iwasa, Megumi
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Japanese
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Takabatake, Jun
- Hirano, Cathy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Giraffe
- Pen pals
- Penguins
- Animals
- Letters
- Friendship
- Giraffe
- Pen pals
- Penguins
- Animals
- Letters
- Friendship
- Target audience
- primary
- Label
- Yours sincerely, giraffe, Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake ; translated by Cathy Hirano
- Note
-
- "First published in Japan in 2001 by KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd. This edition first published in 2016 by Gecko Press ... Wellington, New Zealand"--Colophon
- Translation of: Boku wa Afurika ni sumu kirin to iimasu
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- in901576925
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 102 pages
- Isbn
- 9781927271889
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)954719257
- Label
- Yours sincerely, giraffe, Megumi Iwasa ; illustrations by Jun Takabatake ; translated by Cathy Hirano
- Note
-
- "First published in Japan in 2001 by KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd. This edition first published in 2016 by Gecko Press ... Wellington, New Zealand"--Colophon
- Translation of: Boku wa Afurika ni sumu kirin to iimasu
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- in901576925
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 102 pages
- Isbn
- 9781927271889
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)954719257
Subject
- Animals -- Fiction
- Animals -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Giraffe -- Fiction
- Giraffe -- Juvenile fiction
- Ingram
- Letters -- Fiction
- Letters -- Juvenile fiction
- Pen pals -- Fiction
- Pen pals -- Juvenile fiction
- Penguins -- Fiction
- Penguins -- Juvenile fiction
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