A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein is a poetry book that is about a boy and his new found giraffe the boy and the giraffe accumulate various objects and by the middle of the book they start giving them away until it is just the boy and his giraffe again the book is a great example of poetry for children. Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee only to lose them again one by. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein free download borrow and streaming internet archive a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein item preview search icon search for something ellipses icon an illustration of text ellipses collapse sidebar a circle with a left pointing chevron. If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half you would have a giraffe and a half and if you glued a rose to the tip of his nose andif he put on a shoe and then stepped in some glue and if he used a chair to comb his hair and so it goes untilbut that would be telling