The Jolly Giraffe

Mickey the Monkey is bored. He doesn’t like to sing or dance, and he’s tired of hanging around the same old oak tree. But when his best friend, Jerry the Giraffe, suggests a road trip to the new Ravenous Rhinos restaurant, Mickey is all in.

The two friends set off on their adventure, but it’s not long before they get lost in the dark jungle. They encounter Leo the Lion, who claims to be a vegetarian, and the three of them continue on their journey together. Will they ever make it to Ravenous Rhinos? And what kind of trouble will they get into along the way?

Darren Mackey was born in the Cathedral city of Armagh in 1973. He has lived with his wife Sharon and their three children, Conchur, Niamh and Caoimhin in the picturesque village of Benburb for the last twenty years. An avid music and football fan, he began his writing career at the ripe old age of forty and after considerable setbacks his first book The Jolly Giraffe was published in 2024. He is now currently working on the much anticipated follow up, a work entitled The Glows, which should be completed and published sometime in 2025.