The Lighted Island Of Ginny Giraffe

By Dan Hayashi

A romantically rhyming story of soulful change. An infant toy giraffe, named Ginny, is born blue and extraordinarily small and alone on an island. So repetitive and childish is the ridicule of her appearance and size, she becomes shy and introverted. To hide herself from the jeering and taunting, sweet Ginny cleverly collects and wears fronds from the island's palm trees. Whenever she needs peace & solitude, she hides in the palm tree clusters. Her chameleon like change proves her wise as she remains positive, loyal and friendly despite her obvious physical differences, which the other children constantly point out to her. Though guardedly shy, she eventually grows as tall in stature, as the size of her towering heart. By chance, she forms a most unlikely friendship with a young hog. Pinky Pig, a carpenter, sees Ginny's potential and coaxes her to become a crane for moving the trees he's fallen. They team up to successfully build thatched, dome homes for the other animals. Ginny quickly becomes loved and appreciated. Then something magical happens; her new vocation is such a perfect fit, she changes color and becomes self illuminated like a beacon. In turn, her example inspires the others to see the light and change themselves too, which ultimately makes for a noticeably luminous island.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel Kennedy Hayashi
• Release date: Jun 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310311819

Dan Hayashi

After a Batchelor's Degree in Fine Arts, with a minor in psychology from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, CA in 1968, (now Calif. Inst. of the Arts, Sylmar, CA) I was drafted and spent 2 years in the military. A few years after returning home, my wife & I opened a computer graphics company in Lawndale, CA. We thrived. Though always interested in writing, my literary interests were put aside by business demands, until retiring in 1996. In 2010, I was serendipitously commissioned to illustrate a children's card game & two kid's books by a new company. This re-ignited my desires to combine my writing & caricature skills to publish children's books of my own. It was the perfect culmination of timing & the synergy of friendship. My new friend reinvigorated my dreams of authorship. I wrote & illustrated my first book in 2012, then another in December, 2013. Two more were published Dec, 2014 & June, 2015. I just completed my best so far, August 2015 is a preorder eBook. I have now authored & illustrated 5 animal tales & Illustrated a fellow author's 2 kiddy books & designed his children's card game art. I promise many more children's objects of entertainment & animal stories..

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