Giraffe Problems (Animal Problems) - Hardcover

JORY JOHN is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient. Jory's previous collaboration with Lane Smith was the national bestselling picture book, Penguin Problems, an Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year selection. Jory's work also includes the award-winning Goodnight Already! series, the bestselling Terrible Two series, the national bestseller All my friends are dead, and the recent picture books I Will Chomp You!, Quit Calling Me a Monster! and The Bad Seed, among many other books for both children and adults. He lives and works in Oregon. Find out more at joryjohn.com.

LANE SMITH (also the illustrator of Penguin Problems) has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff, including Grandpa Green, which was a 2012 Caldecott Honor Book; It's a Book, which has been translated into over twenty-five languages; and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! Four of his books have been New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year. In 2012 the Eric Carle Museum named him an Honor Artist for "lifelong innovation in the field of children's books." In 2014 he received the Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award. Lane and book designer Molly Leach live in rural Connecticut. Visit him on the Web at lanesmithbooks.com.

★ National Indie Bestseller★ A Publisher's Weekly Most Anticipated Children's Book of 2018 selection★ An Amazon Most Anticipated Children's Book of Fall 2018
★ A Junior Library Guild Selection
★ An IndieNext List top selection★ A Booklist Reader Best New Book
"Side-splittingly funny, totally original and one to return to time after time."--Picture Books Blogger                                                                                                                                                        "Sure to garner laughs."--Publisher's Weekly, STARRED Review
"That [his neck] is just right for a giraffe is a notion that Edward, not to mention young readers with self-consciousness issues of their own, will have no trouble swallowing."--Booklist, STARRED Review

"In a follow-up to Penguin Problems, John and Smith team up again and bring their zany brand of comedy. Of course, there is [also] the theme of self-acceptance and a bit of sublime silliness as well, especially in Edwards's fruitless attempts at camouflage and in the expressively simple eyes of Cyrus the turtle."--School Library Journal, STARRED review

"Another hilarious story of personal insecurities from Jory John. Definitely a laugh-out-loud read with a nice lesson about appreciating what you have, with fabulous illustrations from Lane Smith."--IndieNext."This is one of my favorite picture books so far this year." --Cracking the Cover (blog)
"With this and Penguin Problems, John is clearly setting out to catalogue animal angst continent by continent, and audiences won't want to miss the trip."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Review, July/August 2018 issue

"Readers are afforded caring models for self-accep­tance and unconditional friendship."--The Horn Book, Review, September/October 2018 issue

"The creators of Penguin Problems may well have outdone the original in this companion tale about a giraffe who feels bad about his long neck; a turtle who is blue about his dinky one; and the shared dismay, assistance, and courtly manners that ensue."--Publisher's Weekly, The Most Anticipated Children's Books of Fall 2018

"Jory John and Lane Smith have done it again. Giraffe Problems, like its companion Penguin Problems, is both funny and endearing, with an extra little dash of style ... John's effortless wit and Smith's delightful illustrations."--Reading Is Our Thing (blog)."From the team that created Penguin Problems, this picture book has a great mix of humor and empathy. The writing is pitch perfect ... presented in a conversational tone that begs to be shared aloud. Smith's art is textural with graphical elements that are compelling. Visual humor adds to the silliness of the book, creating just the right balance."--Waking Brain Cells (blog) ."Smith's artwork is eye-catching and expressive."--Kirkus
"Read it to any child between three and thirteen. All will love it: guaranteed. But don't get the book only for the laughs. It's much more than just another humorous picture book for entertaining children. The story of the giraffe with the really, really long neck, who doesn't like his neck at all, will resonate with kids." --Pamela Kramer (blog)