LIED VOOR EEN GIRAFJE (SONG FOR A BABY GIRAFFE)year:
2004
genre:
poetry, gift book, 32 p.
publisher:
illustrator:
Sebastiaan Van Doninck
age:
grown upsSebastiaan Van Doninck
age:
awards:
Boekenpluim (for the illustrations)
'Oh tiny giraffe, who isn't yet full grown, do you hear what I am singing ?' An expectant father giraffe sings a tender song for his unborn baby giraffe. He sings about the world and what it looks like, about the food that hangs in the trees, about the baby's mother who has very long, graceful legs, about possible dangers... He also muses on the differences between a mother, who is always near her child, and a father, who keeps in the background. Fit as a gift for expecting fathers and expecting mothers, this book contains one longer poem and very tender pencil drawings.
