The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a 1985 children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It is about a young boy, Billy, who meets a giraffe, pelican and monkey who work as window cleaners. Although the story is told in the first person by Billy, the word 'me' in the title refers to the monkey, who concludes every verse of his signature song with the phrase 'the giraffe and the pelly and me'. The story is told from the point of view of Billy, a young boy
Between the World and Me man discovering the site of a lynching and becoming incapacitated with fear, creating a barrier between himself and the world. Despite many changes in "Between the World and Me", Coates always planned to end the book with the story of Mabel Jones. The only endorsement Coates sought was that of novelist Toni Morrison, which he received. "Between the World and Me" was published by Spiegel & Grau in 2015. "Between the World and Me" takes the form of a book-length letter from the author to his son, adopting the structure of Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time"; the latter is directed,