Chee-Lin: A Giraffe’s Journey by James Rumford J 599.638 RUM—Based on a true story, this giraffe’s journey began 80 years before Columbus set sail for the New World. The Chinese were sending ships to explore the world, and finding many marvelous things along the way, including the giraffe, or the chee-lin. Born in Africa, Tweega the giraffe is kidnapped from his mother, and brought, over the course of his life, on the Chinese “treasure ships” to Arabia, India, and finally to China. The reader will travel with him and meet many people along the way.Saturday, October 29, 2011
Chee-Lin: A Giraffe’s Journey
Chee-Lin: A Giraffe’s Journey by James Rumford J 599.638 RUM—Based on a true story, this giraffe’s journey began 80 years before Columbus set sail for the New World. The Chinese were sending ships to explore the world, and finding many marvelous things along the way, including the giraffe, or the chee-lin. Born in Africa, Tweega the giraffe is kidnapped from his mother, and brought, over the course of his life, on the Chinese “treasure ships” to Arabia, India, and finally to China. The reader will travel with him and meet many people along the way.
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