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  <title><![CDATA[The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me]]></title>
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  <default-description>When Billy joins the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, he gets a lot more than a new job. First he makes three new friends, then it's time to get to work cleaning all 677 windows of the Duke of Hampshire's house. The Duke is not only the most wealthy man in the country, he's also the most generous. Can he make Billy's lifelong dream come true? &quot;A captivating story and a wonderful read-aloud.&quot;-- &lt;i&gt;The Horn Book&lt;/i&gt; </default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1985</original-publication-year>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ada sebuah rumah kayu bernama The Grubber yang memang disebut seperti itu karena dulunya adalah sebuah Toko Permen. Pada suatu hari Billy menemukan kenyataan bahwa rumah itu telah terjual. Billy begitu kecewa karena dia berharap bahwa dialah yang akan membeli rumah itu dan bermimpi memiliki Toko Per...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45611378">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 01 20:33:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 21:05:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I imagine myself curled up in a squishy bed surrounded by a trio of tiny-tots. As I read aloud, their attention is captured. The scruffy l’il boy stops tugging his sister’s pigtails. She in turn stops sticking her tongue out and making rude noises. And the third one unglues himself from the fasc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58135342">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52454497">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 20:40:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 24 17:26:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you read this delightful story of the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company? If you haven't, then better snap up this book; so for only a few precious minutes, you can pretend that everything in the world isn't as awful as it seems.<br/><br/>When Billy joins the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Compan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52454497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46589150">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE!! :)]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[found it in my bookshelf:)]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 16 20:03:04 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 16 20:55:57 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[the giraffe the Pelly and me, is a book with fun filled adventure and a little bit of giggles! why would you need a ladder when you have the neck of a giraffe? there is a leaderless window cleaning compony can clean any window any length (well not EVERY one:) ) pelican<br/>They dont even need to ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46589150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56653872">
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    <location><![CDATA[Jakarta, Indonesia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 19 14:14:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 19 19:55:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kelar hanya dalam sekejap..sejauh ini kisah yg diangkat di buku ini menarik. Sumpah kocak banget, gw bs bilang karya terbaiknya pak roald. Kisah dmulai saat billy tertarik dgn THE GRUBBER yg tnyt dpakai sbg kantor dr usaha pembersihan jendela yg dmiliki oleh seekor jerapah, pelikan dan kera. Dan bil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56653872">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67888990">
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 18 09:23:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 18 09:23:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really short book that we listened to on tape on our way to Utah. (Can you tell I am a fan of audiobooks?) :)It has the funniest sort of British humore that was making me giggle the whole time I was driving. The reader also did an excellent job of a cute, sing-songy voice. Quite a unique b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67888990">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66989992">
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    <name><![CDATA[di]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 11 14:33:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 16 05:34:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>5+</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Roald Dahl wrote the first novel I ever read (Charlie &amp; the Chocolate Factory) &amp; was consequently my favorite author for a long time.  Even as an adult there are very few Dahl books that I don't adore.  As a teacher I recommended Dahl to all my students--advanced &amp; struggling students alike loved th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66989992">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2618139">
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 02 03:56:02 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seperti biasa, imajinasi yang agak-agak 'sableng' dari seorang Roadl Dahl. Juga tentang tercapainya sebuah keinginan, namun harus usaha dulu.<br/><br/>Billy, bocah laki-laki yang bermimpi punya toko permen (ato coklat yak?). Setiap hari ia melewati sebuah rumah bekas pabrik permen dan berharap sua...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2618139">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75672504">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[hihihi Kocak banget....<br/><br/>Apalagi si Pelikan pas ngomongin Ikan.<br/>Aku tahu ada pai ikan dan lain lain, tapi belum pernah dengar tukan ikan. apa tukang ikan ini enak rasanya? [lol:]<br/><br/>Lalu leher si Jerapah yang makin panjang dan panjang.....<br/><br/><br/>Lucu... jadi pengen ...]]></body>
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    <review id="74860175">
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    <name><![CDATA[Diggy]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 17 16:49:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 17 16:51:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yep, you guessed it! This was my third Roald Dahl book! I'm suorised I still remember it! I thought it was so cool how there were songs in this book! I made up my own tune for the words and it was pretty awesome!]]></body>
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    <review id="66135765">
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    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite different than his other books, this rather whimsical one did not contain a moral. Rather, it was a cute foray into the childhood adventure of Billy who longs to be the proprietor of a candy store who meets up with Pelly the Pelican, Monkey the walnut eater and a long-necked Giraffe who earn t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66135765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77207409">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 09:19:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[We listened to this on a trip.  Not read by the author, but the reader still made it enjoyable with different voices for all the characters.  Nice and short story for preschoolers - only 40 minutes.]]></body>
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    <review id="56528684">
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    <name><![CDATA[Spiderlily2]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think i got this at a book fair and i love the idea of girraffes, monkeys, and pelicans washing windows. I like evn better the descriptions of the Wonka candy.]]></body>
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    <review id="68854920">
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    <name><![CDATA[Eireanne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 25 13:14:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute...short.  Don't know if I want this in my permanent collection yet, but it doesn't take up too much room on the shelf, so it's a keeper for now.]]></body>
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    <review id="63831590">
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    <name><![CDATA[Catherine]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This was like the greatest book from my childhood. I read it over and over and over. I didn't ever like Pelly, for some reason. He scared me a bit.]]></body>
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    <review id="62951768">
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    <name><![CDATA[Frances]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't remember this book very well but I remember liking it because it was silly and goofy like most of Roald Dahl's books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well I didn't like it, probably because of the lies it tells about pelicans, and because I feel I was a little too old for it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very much a kid book, a very quick read (I read it to my daughter in one sitting at bedtime), and charming.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of pictures--would be a good introductory Dahl book for young readers. Also loved the Wonka mention! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is another of Roald Dahls great achievements! In this book a boy falls in love with a house that used to be a sweety shop but one day when he walked past it a sink, bath and loads of other things came flying out!!!!! And soon he meets the new window cleaners...The giraffe, whose long neck ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25212882">more...</a>]]></body>
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