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Giant giraffes gambol in the grass with green geckoes.

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G is for Ghost

In stories, a ghost is the spirit of a person who has died. You might dress up like a scary ghost for Halloween.

G is for Giant

A giant is a very big person or animal that you can read about in storybooks.

Some large varieties of animals have giant in their name, like a giant anteater.

G is for Gibbon

Gibbons are a family of apes. They are smaller than great apes like gorillas and look more similar to monkeys.

G is for Gift

A gift, or present, is something you give to someone else, usually for a birthday or Christmas. At Christmas time, the gifts are usually put under the Christmas tree. Gifts are usually wrapped up in pretty paper.

G is for Gigantic

Gigantic is another word for huge.

G is for Gild

Gilding is the process of coating something else with a thin layer of gold. Once you have gilded something it is gilt.
Gild is not the same as a guild.

G is for Gill

Gills are what creatures that live in water use to breathe. Fish gills are easy to see, between their head and their side fins. Other creatures have less obvious gills, that look like fine, tufty growths.

G is for Gilt

Something is gilded if it has been covered in a thin layer of gold.

G is for Gin

Gin is a strong alcoholic drink that is flavored by juniper berries. It is most commonly drank mixed, rather than on its own.

G is for Ginger

Ginger is a root which is used in cooking. It is used to make gingerbread men, in gravies, stir-fries, curries and cakes. It has a strong, sharp taste.
It can be used as a medicine too, particularly for easing morning sickness, or to aid digestion.
A gingerbread man is a ginger-flavoured cookie or biscuit in the shape of a person. You can make almost any shape from gingerbread but people are the most popular.
The features and things like buttons are either drawn on the gingerbread men with icing, gumdrops or raisins or pressed into the surface of the cookie.

G is for Gingham

Gingham is a kind of woven fabric pattern, also called plaid and sometimes called checked, but it is not the same as a checkerboard pattern.

G is for Giraffe

Giraffes are the tallest land animals. They can grow up to 5.5 metres tall, and live for around 20-25 years. They have a black tongue that is around 18 inches long that they can use to strip leaves from trees.

G is for Girl

A girl is a young, female person.

G is for Give

Give means to hand something to someone. It can also mean to offer help, money, or time to others.

If people want something off you they might say "give me that".

G is for Glacier

A glacier is a very large amount of ice that is slowly moving. The ice comes from fallen snow in an area that is so cold the snow just keeps building up faster than it melts away. There is an enormous amount of fresh water frozen inside glaciers, which are found all over the world except Australia.
Because glaciers move and are so big and hard, they can change the landscape as they move. The ice from the glaciers eventually ends up in the sea.

G is for Glade

A glade is an open space in the forest, similar to a clearing.

G is for Gland

A gland is a generic name for small organs in the body that makes and releases special substances.

Some glands make hormones that help control the body, like growth and energy. Some commonly known examples are the thyroid gland, salivary glands and sweat glands.