Jerome The Short Necked Giraffe

The grassland savannas of Africa where wild animals roam is the setting for this thoroughly delightful children’s story. Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the main character, but whoever heard of a short-necked giraffe? What’s more important to a giraffe than to have a beautiful long neck, which allows him/her to eat leaves and fruit from tall trees? One can only imagine what happens when the young giraffe Jerome refuses to do his neck-stretching exercises and ends up with a short neck. Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the result!

The grassland savannas of Africa where wild animals roam is the setting for this thoroughly delightful children’s story. Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the main character, but whoever heard of a short-necked giraffe? What’s more important to a giraffe than to have a beautiful long neck, which allows him/her to eat leaves and fruit from tall trees? One can only imagine what happens when the young giraffe Jerome refuses to do his neck-stretching exercises and ends up with a short neck. Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the result!

I wanted to write and speak with the voice of a child, dream like a child dreams, and fantasize like only a child can.I wanted to search the world over and look for differences in the children's stories. I wanted transient time and spaces and to traverse a world that only children understand.I wanted to speak the language of children in many different languages.And so I did it, with my stories.But in so doing, I too became a child; and like a child have learned. The lesson? Ho! Ever so simple: I learned that it is in the fantastic world of a child's dream that we find our soul, the true and pristine meaning of the word love.Such is the beauty and simplicity to be found in Anthology of a Childhood Dream. Stories for adults to read with children, stories for children to read on their own. Born in Italy, Urbano Salvati now resides in Las Vegas and works as an executive chef in Portland, Oregon. He believes true happiness comes from love and from good food. "There is a certain magic about children's stories that I have I always loved. I have always dreamed of beautifully written proses that will elicit in readers all of the best that our heart can produce. I believe that there is beauty in simplicity: That inspiration is all around us. I also believe that the greatest teacher is history."Publisher's Website: http: //sbpra.com/UrbanoSalvati

Gerald is a typical giraffe, who loves playing and roaming on the African savanna. There is only one thing that sets Gerald apart from the other giraffes, he has a short neck. For Gerald this poses some problems with the other giraffes. But Gerald does not let that stop him and one day something happens that lets him prove to the others, that it’s not the length of your neck, but the size of your heart that counts.

Master storyteller Urbano Salvati is at his absolute best in The Legend of the Pumpkin House, a delightful and timely story that represents a fairy tale for today’s world. The author never tires of his love for children. He views them as beautiful flowers that are always blossoming. “The pristine love of children elicited in our hearts is the ultimate meaning of our lives. There is no greater joy for any parent than the first smile of a child.” The story begins with a retired couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fiorina, who give a special Halloween party with lots of pumpkin decorations for the neighborhood children. In the midst of the fun, someone suggests they should create a real pumpkin house. The Fiorinas are overwhelmed by the generosity of their neighbors who make the Pumpkin House a reality. The Fiorinas realize that the kindness displayed by everyone made the Pumpkin House a place where kindness lives. And so it is that the Pumpkin House grows from town to town, eliciting kindness and happiness everywhere. In his heart, the author cultivates the beauty of a smile, the gentleness of a kind soul, and the pristine love that makes us all human.

Read along and see how Gary the short necked giraffe gets to be like the other giraffes.

Unlike many children’s television shows, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood did more than simply entertain or occupy children’s attention. The show educated them in the affective domain, encouraging such things as appreciation for difference, collaboration, self-expression, and self-worth. It also introduced them to the areas of culture, art, and music through guests, trips, art objects and processes, and demonstrations, making it accessible and meaningful in a way that a child could understand. While the educational content of children’s television programming has improved greatly since the late 1960s, no other children’s program has ever attempted such a mix of high art, low art, folk art, industrial production, learning in the affective and social domains, and more, all with a whimsical sense of humor, insight, and a level of interconnected detail unmatched by any other children’s television program. This book illuminates and examines the world of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood through world design, narrative, genre, form, content, authorship, reception and more.