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
Ophelia Dahl of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World", Tracy Kidder's book describing the work of the organization and the life of Dr. Farmer. In December 2006, Ophelia Dahl and Paul Farmer received the Union Medal from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Dahl and the Partners in Health team is featured in the 2017 documentary film, Bending The Arc. Dahl is the daughter of actress Patricia Neal and author Roald Dahl. Dahl contributed to the 2003 book "The Roald Dahl Treasury", a collection of her father's stories, memoirs, letters and poetry, and is currently writing a memoir