All the jungle's got the beat, but Gerald the giraffe has four left feet. Such is the dilemma in this British team's bouncy (if didactic) picture book about self-esteem. As a multitude of fleet-footed beasts eagerly "skip and prance" at the annual Jungle Dance in Africa, Gerald feels sad "because when it comes to dancing, he was really very bad." Jeered by waltzing warthogs and cha-cha-ing chimps when he attempts to cut a rug, Gerald hangs his head and leaves the celebration behind. Luckily, a friendly cricket appears in the moonlight, chirping a morale boosting song of self-confidence that soon sets Gerald in graceful motion.