00829cam a2200229 4500 116214334 TxAuBib 19991001120000.0 860416s1964||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 64019709 9780060256562 0060256567 ICrlF ICrlF IMchF-DB TxAuBib Silverstein, Shel. A giraffe and a half / by Shel Silverstein. New York : Harper & Row, 1964. [48] p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Cumulative rhymed text explains what might happen if you had a giraffe that stretched another half, put on a hat in which lived a rat that looked cute in a suit, and so on. 3.1 Follett Library Resources. K-3. Stories in rhyme.