| The White Giraffe | |
| Title Orig: | The Kudu Clan |
| Author: | Lauren St John |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African Adventures |
| Subject: | Caring about animals |
| Genre: | Fictional |
| Publisher: | Orion Children's Books |
| Pub Date: | 1 August 2006 |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Isbn: | 1-84255-520-0 |
| Followed By: | Dolphin Song |
The White Giraffe is a children's novel by Lauren St John first published in 2006. It is the first in the African Adventures series.[1] Lauren St. John picked out a giraffe for the story because she always wanted to ride one. When St. John was a child living in Zimbabwe, Africa, she owned several wild animals including a giraffe. This book was the winner of the 2008 East Sussex Children’s Book Award.[2]
The book is about a girl, Martine, who moves to an African game reserve to live with her grandmother after her parents die in a house fire.[3]