Giraffe And The Pelly And Me, The
Roald Dahl; Puffin Books 1998
Billy wants to own a candy shop. He meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey who use their specialized skills to wash windows. Together they get a job washing the 667 windows in the house of the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.
Economic Concepts
- Specialization
- Division of Labor
- Product Differentiation
- Inventing
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- Entrepreneurship
In this lesson, students learn about specialization. Then they invent new candies for Billy’s candy shop. (Print publication – lesson not available online).
Flowers, B., Meszaros, B., & Suiter, M. C. (1994). Economics and
Children’s Literature 1994 Supplement. Coulson E. C. & McCorkle S.
(Eds.). SPEC Publishers, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri.