Jenny Giraffe Discovers the French Quarter (Jenny Giraffe Series) [Hardcover]

Cecilia Dartez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 1991 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Jenny Giraffe Series

Afraid of life in the zoo, the little giraffe escapes. She finds herself in the French Quarter, where she is befriended by Claude and Angelle, who agree to help Jenny.

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About the Author

Cecilia Casrill Dartez is a former elementary-school teacher. She is a popular storyteller who often addresses schools, libraries, and private organizations about the history of Louisiana. Her distinctive, engaging storytelling style may be heard on the audiocassettes Jenny Giraffe Discovers Papa Noël/Jenny Giraffe and the Streetcar Party and Jenny Giraffe Discovers the French Quarter/Jenny Giraffe's Mardi Gras Ride, which she narrated.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing; First edition. edition (February 28, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882898191
• ISBN-13: 978-0882898193
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,458,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Innocent giraffe navigates gritty urban underworld, October 12, 2003

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Charles Henry Higgensworth III (Boston, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jenny Giraffe Discovers the French Quarter (Jenny Giraffe Series) (Hardcover)

New Orleans - it's a beautiful town of old-world architecture and elegance, but it has its dark side - runaway crime, gory black magic, and a red light district the size of Nebraska. Jenny is a willful girl from a sheltered background out on her own for the first time. Shortly after coming to town she falls in with feckless group of hyenas, and is soon taking a wild tour of the Big Easy's seamy side. A noisy altercation after a late night on the town lands her on the bad side of a thuggish hippopotamus named Puffin, whose ruthless gang of wolverines dominates every contraband market in the Quarter. Meanwhile a cabal of voodoo priests is out for Jenny's neck - literally - as they need her larynx (as well as an otter's tonsil) for a purification ceremony that a rich client has ordered. Jenny pulls through with her wits and her dignity more or less intact, although she does debase herself rather horribly to get her share of beads during Mardi Gras (something that we can both forgive and understand in light of her neck length). All told a gripping story that can serve as a cautionary tale for any young creature leaving the game reserve for the bright lights of sin city.