Book
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- EASTWOOD: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
Sloths
Edition
First American edition.
Publication Information
London, England : Dorling Kindersley, 2019.
Physical Description
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Summary
Does your child love everything about the slow, sleepy world of sloths? Then this children's reading book, packed full of fun facts and cute sloth pictures, will be perfect for them. In this chapter book for children you'll trek deep into the South American rainforest in search of adorable sloths. Packed full of amazing animal facts, children will be fascinated to find out what makes this sleepy animal so slow, how they're such expert swimmers, and why they look like they're always smiling. These fascinating facts are paired with adorable photographs of llamas, providing an ideal balance of words and images for children learning to read. Created with the help of top literacy consultants, Sloths is the perfect book to help build general knowledge at the same time as learning to read. And as this unique animal is such a favourite for kids, this book will encourage reading for pleasure, which is linked with improved reading and writing skills.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Toe-toed sloths and three-toed sloths
- Chapter 1: Let's meet the sloths
- Sloth species
- Chapter 2: Growing up
- Where do sloths live?
- Chapter 3: Slow and sleepy
- Chapter 4: Sloth survival
- Chapter 5: Sloths in trouble
- Fun facts about sloths
- Quiz
- Glossary
- Index.