"The Pelican spread his huge white wings and flew down on to the road beside me. ''Hop in,'' he said, opening his enormous beak . . ."

MEET BILLY

A kid with a dream. He wants to turn an old wooden house into an incredible sweetshop full of treats!

AND MEET THE LADDERLESS WINDOW-CLEANING COMPANY

Monkey, Pelican (Pelly) and Giraffe (who needs ladders when you''ve got a giraffe?!).

They have just landed a big break cleaning all six hundred and seventy-seven windows of the mansion owned by the richest man in all of England! All they need now is a little help from Billy.

Can these unlikely new friends make Billy''s wildest dreams come true and take him on an adventure he''ll never forget . . .?

The text in this edition of The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.