The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a 1985 children’s book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. The plot follows a young boy named Billy who meets a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, who work as window cleaners.
Although the story is narrated in first-person by Billy, the word “Me” in the title refers to the monkey, who concludes every verse of his signature song with the phrase “the giraffe and the pelly and me”.
Billy’s biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside-they’re the Ladderless Window Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you’ve got a giraffe?
They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all of England, there’s a chance that Billy’s scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true…
