The Very Sleepy Sloth
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Deep in the jungle, early in the morning, the animals are all working hard... except for Sloth. He just lies there. Isn't it about time he did something? The animals certainly think so. But when they tell him the fun really starts!
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“Absolutely brilliant little book. Bought this some years ago for my eldest son, and he still loves it. It really gives him the giggles and has been so well read that we've had to resort to taping some pages back on after over-excited little hands got ahold of them. Highly recommended!”
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Reviews for The Very Sleepy Sloth
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“My youngest daughter recently brought this book home for us to read together. She loved it so much we read it a number of times within a few days. When preparing to write a review I discovered that there 6 editions of this book from 5 different publishers of imprints, that have been released between 2003 and 2010. And for a picture book of 32 pages it really has some great lessons.
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The first few times my daughter and I read this she just thought the story was funny. It starts with different animals in the jungle all going about their own business. Cheetah on a treadmill, Elephant lifting weights, Kangaroo bouncing on a trampoline and monkey swinging. But soon they all notice Sloth is just sleeping. So they sort of gang up on him and try and pressure him into being more active. The Sloth being smarter than he looks; and he turns the tables on them, by suggesting that each of the other animals do a different animals activity. They all fail, and each getting more upset than the one before. Soon they all get mad at Sloth and he points of that he was just laying there.
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“Having talked this over with my daughter after about the 10th reading she realizes that we each have different strengths and talents and that is part of what makes us who we are. She also realized that trying to be someone else is not going to end well. She also picked up on the group gaining up on Sloth as a kind of bullying. And that they laughed at or were rude when others failed at different tasks, which is not ok. She realized that most of the animals were bucket dippers not bucket fillers (a concept used in primary grades at our school). And that Sloth helps them realize the mistakes they were making.
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“The illustrations by Jack Tickle are wonderful. His use of predominately soft tones and a broad palate bring the jungle scenes and animals to life. And children will love the pictures. The more we read this book and talked about it the more impressed I became. That my 6 year old picked up all of these lessons by herself speaks to the quality of the book. Overall a really good book with an awesome message, but without being preachy.”
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“Absolutely brilliant little book. Bought this some years ago for my eldest son, and he still loves it. It really gives him the giggles and has been so well read that we've had to resort to taping some pages back on after over-excited little hands got ahold of them. Highly recommended.”
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“This book takes place in a jungle with a cheetah, an elephant, a kangaroo, a monkey, and a sleepy sloth. All the other animals try and talk the sloth into doing something other than sleeping, but in the end they all learn that everyone is good at something and for the sloth it happens to be sleeping. The illustrations were very good and accompanied the book very well. They showed the actions the animals were doing and made it easier to make connections with what the author was saying.
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“I gave this book five stars because I think it has a great message and the author portrayed the message very well. The thought of everyone being good at something is very important for children to learn. It reminds me of when I was younger and I would get so mad when people were better than me at certain things, my dad had me realize what I was good at and focus on getting better at other things.”
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"This was one of my son's very favorite books when he was in preschool. We had a bit of a commute for my work, and we would listen to this CD and he'd 'read' along in the book."
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“The sloth teaches his animal friends what they do best is not the same for everyone. Great book to teach children how special they are.”
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“This is a very cute book, I had bought it for a baby shower gift and me myself ended up reading it and because i love sloths I loved the content of the book. My friend was very happy with the gift!!! Thank you!”
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“I bought this book to read to my class of preschool kids. They loved it!”
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"This is a great book, with lots of animals. All the animals have there own special talents and when they ask sloth to do something. He asks the other animals if they can do something one of the other animals does. But they can't. They soon realise what sloths special talent is. A fun book that my little boy enjoyed."
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"My daughter loved this story, all the animals doing what they do best. We talked about what she is good at doing too."
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"Great story about what we are best at doing and how it can get confusing when we try to push people out of their habit. A great book for my 5 year old girlie!"
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(c) Andrew Murray, Jane Chapman & Little Tiger Press