Sloths

¡Me Gustan los Animales! ~ I Like Animals!

by Julie Murray

Hang out in the treetops of the Amazon rain forest with the sloth! Engaging text and oversized, striking photos invite readers to travel to South America and learn about the sloth's body structure, diet, life cycle, social behavior, habitat, predators, and ways of defense. Simple, labeled maps highlight the animal's home territory. Background information about South America is also given, as well as threats to the sloth's survival. The book closes with a page of kid-friendly facts. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of this amazing, diverse continent and the incredible sloth! Table of contents, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Laurel Zeisler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read aloud to my granddaughter. I learned a lot.

[Kaitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love sloths. There where some OK pictures in this book. It's very juvenile, though, and I think the only thing I learned is that sloths usually only come to the ground once a week to poop.

You're better off watching some YouTube videos of baby sloths at the sanctuary. If you do that, make sure you see the poo dance.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the most informative book I've read. Definitely geared to a younger audience. My five year old loves sloths and enjoyed the pictures and the basic information provided.