"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes...' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic....

"Tiny Too-Little loves somebody who's very, very tall, and Tiny really needs a kiss. Turn the pages to see Ting make himself taller and taller."

"A giraffe's self-esteem is tested when he competes with a balloon for a young boy's attention."--