The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me who has always dreamed of owning a sweet shop. His ambition is strengthened by the fact that there is an abandoned building named The Grubber, an old English word for a sweet shop, near where he lives. One day, he finds that the old building has been renovated and has become the head office for The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company. Billy then meets its workers: a Giraffe with an extendable neck; a Pelican, or "Pelly" as he is called by the others, who has a flexible upper beak; and a singing and dancing Monkey, all of whom he quickly befriends. Having
The Roald Dahl Treasury The Roald Dahl Treasury The Roald Dahl Treasury is an anthology of works of the children's author Roald Dahl. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1997 by Puffin Books. Included amongst excerpts from all of Dahl's children's books and some previously unpublished material, are unexpurgated colour reprints of "The Enormous Crocodile", "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me", "Esio Trot" and "The Minpins". The book includes a large volume of illustrations by Quentin Blake, with some specially commissioned for the project and some appearing for the first time in colour. A selection of guest illustrators including Raymond