![]() After thinking for a long, long time, sloth admits to being “slow, quiet and boring,” as well as “lackadaisical. A howler monkey, a caiman, an anteater, and a jaguar visit the sloth and ask him why he is so slow, so quiet, so boring, and so lazy. Dozens of animals can be spotted among the vines, flowers, trees, and grass a key at the end shows each creature and provides its name, encouraging readers to go back and look for them. ![]() ![]() Despite the fact that hardly anything happens, this depiction of a day in the life of a sloth is never boring riotous colors abound in Carle’s intricate painted-tissue, paper-collage jungle, which teems with life. Appropriately soporific text recounts a sloth’s daily activities: sleeping, waking, eating, and hanging from a branch, all of which he does slowly, slowly, slowly. Carle ( Dream Snow, 2000, etc.) branches out to feature a lesser-known yet fascinating animal in a paean to taking it easy. ![]()
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