Title: The giraffe that walked to Paris
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.
Subjects: History, Giraffe, Juvenile literature, Animal introduction, Giraffes, Animals, juvenile literature, France, history, 1799-1914
Places: France
Time periods: 19th century