The giraffe that walked to Paris

By Nancy Milton

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Giraffe, Animals, juvenile literature, Animal introduction, France, history, 1799-1914, Giraffes, History

Description: Retells the true story of how the first giraffe ever to come to Europe was sent by the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France in 1826, and the giraffe walked from the disembarkation point of Marseilles to Paris to see the King.