The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me only recently arrived in England, all the animals are finding it hard to acquire the right food to feed themselves. This includes fish for the Pelican, especially his favourite salmon; walnuts for the Monkey; and pink and purple tinkle-tinkle tree flowers for the Giraffe, who happens to be a "Geraneous Giraffe" and therefore can eat no food other than these flowers. Billy and the animals all band together when they receive a letter from the Duke of Hampshire asking them to clean the 677 windows of Hampshire House. Things go smoothly when they get there until, while cleaning the windows
Me and My Cat? no doubt respond with laugh-track chuckles, especially to the sight of a boy squatting in a litter box. My test audience -- that is, my inner 6-year-old -- obviously did not." while "Kirkus Reviews" calls it "Silly good fun." and "Publishers Weekly" wrote "this latest by Kitamura spotlights an offbeat sense of humor and a flair for comic-book layout." It has also been reviewed by "Booklist", the "School Library Journal", and "The Horn Book Magazine". "Me and My Cat?" has been adapted for the stage. Me and My Cat? Me and My Cat? is a 1999 children's picture book by