The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me tree plantation in England, as well as thousands of walnut trees and an enormous salmon river, all three starving animals have found the answer to their prayers. Billy's dreams also come true because the Giraffe, Pelican, and Monkey will no longer need the Grubber building; with a little help from the Duke, the Grubber is revived into the most fantastic sweet shop for miles around, and the story ends with Billy running the shop and The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company continuing their business. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a 1985 children's
Me and the Pumpkin Queen right amount of humor and tension to keep the plot moving along." Ilene Cooper refers to "Kennedy's straightforward narrative" as "lovely." Finally, Kennedy has received praise for her inclusion of "unexpectedly fascinating pumpkin-horticulture facts" in the book. Me and the Pumpkin Queen Me and the Pumpkin Queen is a 2007 children's novel by Marlane Kennedy and published by Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. The book's subject is inspired by Kennedy's youthful familiarity with the Circleville Pumpkin Show. The book has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Selection. Santa Monica Public Library also lists the book as recommended reading