The White Giraffe
The White Giraffe is a children's novel by Lauren St John first published in 2006. It is the first in the African Adventures series. Lauren St. John picked out a giraffe for the story because she always wanted to ride one. When St. John was a child living in Zimbabwe, Africa, she owned several wild animals including a giraffe. This book was the winner of the 2008 East Sussex Children’s Book Award. It was also nominated for the 2010 Rebecca Caudill Award and included in the 2009-2010 District 65 Battle Of The Books, an intermediate book award for children in Illinois.