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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
How old is the sloth? How do sloths have sex? How did a sloth save Dublin? The answers to these questions, and more, are found in this wonderfully entertaining celebration of the sloth. Walking readers through the sloth's evolutionary history - from the prehistoric ground sloth to modern pygmy - William Hartston reveals the sloth's fascinating journey from maligned mammal to cause célèbre. Playfully peppered with science and filled with factoids,...
3) Sloths
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book details the life and habits of sloths"--
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hang around just like a sloth and get to know the delightful residents of the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world's largest sloth orphanage. You'll fall in love with bad-boy Mateo, ooh and ahh over baby Biscuit, and want to wrap your arms around champion cuddle buddy Ubu!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Take a sloth's-eye view of the world in this beautiful and informative photographic picture book. Young readers will see where sloths live, what they eat, how they hide from predators, and much more. They'll learn about the creatures that interact with and depend on sloths in the interconnected and fragile tropical forest ecosystem"--
6) Sloths
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This adorable animal may spend its entire life in one tree. Some have even been found holding onto branches after they die! Meet the sensational sloth - the world's slowest mammal."-- provided by publisher.
9) Sparky!
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child takes a sloth named Sparky as a pet.
11) Sloths
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about sloths, describing such characteristics as what makes them so slow, and why they live in trees.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sloth is having her first sleepover at her best friend Paloma's house, but when she finds out at that Paloma plans to stay up all night, sleep-loving Sloth realizes she must find a way to stay awake."--
16) Sloth went
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
With encouragement from his mother and animal friends, a nervous young Sloth makes his first, dangerous climb down the tree to take care of important business. Includes facts about sloths and how they "poop."
17) Sloth babies
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Read about the slow, sleepy sloth babies and the healthy meals that zookeepers provide for them. This level 3 guided reader book includes intriguing facts and adorable photos. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how these baby animals learn and grow, what they eat, and how they socialize with each other. Book includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biographies, sidebars, and word list for home...
18) I'm not Sydney!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A group of friends enjoy an afternoon playing as animals in this delightful ode to the imagination by bestselling author Marie-Louise Gay."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
High in the canopy of the rain forest, a sloth spends her days and nights, camouflaged from predators. She moves very little. You might not spot her because she has a secret life. Follow her as she swims and climbs, looks for food, escapes a harpy eagle, and gives birth to her son...caring for him until the day when she will leave him to live a secret life of his own.
20) Jasper & Ollie
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jasper, an impatient fox, and Ollie, a slow-moving sloth, head to the pool on a summer day, each taking their own unique path.--
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