The story plays out in a notsodistant future where corporations in conjunction with the government decide what should be said read and published throughout all media A small 5 yearold boy named Tom who lives with his single mother Jill in New York has to give up his favorite book The Giraffe That Knew Too Much because it got put on a list of censored books Not understanding what is going on around him Tom just wants to hold on to his favorite book while his mother doesnt want to upset the higher powers The story is an innocent look at censorship through the eyes of a child