Giraffe the Gardener

Meet green-hoofed Giraffe, unstoppable creator of the most magnificent garden. But when he injures his neck, will all his hard work go to ruin? Not if Giraffe Junior has anything to do with it!

Explore the plantings and smell the roses in this delightful picture book that will inspire the next generation of gardeners!

I’m Giraffe! That’s me, your dad,
I prune and plant and water.
So many jobs – I’d love a hand,
from you, my helpful daughter.
Outside we go into the sun,
you’ll see our garden grow.
Digging, planting, sowing seeds -
I’ll teach you all I know!

When workaholic, green-hoofed Giraffe has a pruning disaster and injures his neck, he is very worried about what will happen to his life’s work. But Giraffe Junior comes up with a plan to save the beautiful garden – and to save Giraffe’s neck.

Giraffe the Gardener is a fabulous way to introduce young children to the delights of gardening and is sure to inspire a lifelong love of growing things. Readers will enjoy poring over the detailed illustrations exploring a range of planting styles from cottage flowers to food forest, and spotting the gnome hidden on every spread, while Giraffe learns the gardener’s most important lesson – that gardens don’t need to look perfect for everyone to enjoy them!

Author Biography

Kimberly Andrews is a trained biologist and geologist who grew up in the Canadian Rockies, and she has also lived and worked in New Zealand, Borneo and the UK. In London, she worked for The House of Illustration, whose main ambassador is Quentin Blake, and at the Natural History Museum. Kimberly now lives with her partner James and two daughters in a small house near Wellington, where she illustrates and writes, and runs her business Tumbleweed Tees – designs which feature her illustrations of New Zealand birds and wildlife. Her first solo picture book, Puffin the Architect (Puffin, 2018) was awarded NZ Booklover’s Best Children’s Book, a Storylines Notable Book Award and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. More acclaimed books set in the charming world of Puffin and her friends followed- Hound the Detective (2020), highly commended by Storylines; Moose the Pilot (2021) and Goose the Artist (2022), both Storylines Notable Picture Books.