I love the educational elements of Carle’s stories, and my son loves finding the rain forest creatures on each page.
In what other children’s book can you find such fantastic vocabulary words as lackadaisical, unflappable, languid, stoic, impassive, lethargic, placid, and mellow? The sloth’s fellow jungle friends wonder about the quiet creature who hangs upside down in the tree all day and night, and begin to ask him questions: “Why are you so slow? Why are you so boring? Why are you so lazy?” After listening and thinking for a long time, the sloth finally replies in a fabulously articulate fashion. Did you know sloths sleep 15 to 19 hours a day and are so inactive that algae grows on their fur? Can’t say that would be my camouflage of choice, but it works for them!Įric Carle has created another artistic masterpiece, this time full of colorful images and animals from the rain forest. He’s been fascinated by sloths since seeing them in Marianne Berkes’ Over in the Jungle, and this book gives all kinds of interesting information about these peaceful creatures in a forward by Jane Good all. We love Eric Carle here in our house, and this book has to be one of my son’s favorites at the moment.
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