A picture book with rhyming text. In the heat of the African sun, Cardwell the giraffe sees a camel thorn tree and can't resist a nibble. He tucks in so enthusiastically that he gets his neck tied up in a knot, and the other jungle animals have to rise to the challenge of untying him.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

PAUL GERAGHTY was born in South Africa, and began drawing from an early age. Since moving to England in 1986, he has been an author/illustrator of children's picture books and teenage fiction. John Bush John Bush has written many picture books, some of which have been illustrated by Korky Paul, such as The Fish Who Could Wish. John's other well-known pictures books are The Bungle in the Jungle, The Cross With Us Rhinoceros and The Giraffe Who Got in a Knot. This is his first Banana. He lives in South Africa. Korky Paul Korky Paul is an illustrator with many well-loved books to his name, such as the best-selling Winnie the Witch series. He has also illustrated two Red Bananas about Pa Jinglebob: the Fastest Knitter in the West (written by Mary Arrigan). He lives in Oxford.