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Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth by Eric Carle
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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

by Eric Carle

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This book does a great job of giving the sloth human characteristics and opinons. He defends the way he lives slowely, slowely, slowely. I really liked reading this book because I can pitcure a classroom of children reading this aloud and having fun with the wording and repition of this book.There is great repitious alliteration for classroom grammer lessons. There is also a paragraph full of silly world on the last page of the book, which adds an element of suprise.There are great looking visuals in this book because the graphics are water colors and looked texured, they really make the book's illustrations look unique and enjoyable for a elementary school child to read. ( )
  whitneyw | Dec 9, 2009 |
Adorable-nice illustrations and sweet story. ( )
  Kquinata | Dec 3, 2009 |
This is a great picture book to use in a kindergarten or first grade classroom when discussing the animals that live in rainforests. The story is about a slow, quiet sloth who all the other animals think is boring and lazy. There's a lot of repetition to make it easy to read and predictable for young children. There is also some good vocabulary words in this book. This book is on a second grade reading level.

For information about the author, visit: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

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  cnwilliamson | Nov 10, 2009 |
This is a good read for students who are interested in learning about different animals. This read is about a lazy sloth. It tells what a sloth's day consist of, sleeping.
  ajsampson | Oct 25, 2009 |
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Review: This book is a good example of a fantasy fiction because it teaches about a sloth through the personal experience of a slow sloth that talks. He interacts with other animals in a human like way such as inquiring (with animals a sloth wouldn't actually associate with) and having self awareness of being slow.
Age Appropriateness: K-3
Setting: This book takes place out in the wilderness. The sloth interacts with other wild animals in the forest as well.
Media: Painted paper collage
  bknight07 | Oct 22, 2009 |
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0399239545, Hardcover)

The three-toed sloth of the Amazon rain forest is very, very slow. "Why are you so slow?" the howler monkey asks. But the sloth doesn't answer. He doesn't respond when the caiman asks why he's so quiet, either--or when the anteater asks why he's so boring. He is only moved to speak when the jaguar asks him why he's so lazy. After thinking long and hard (as sloths tend to do), he begins to elaborate on his many slothful qualities: unflappable, lethargic, but not lazy. "That's just how I am. I like to do things slowly, slowly, slowly." This simple introduction to the joys of sloth (and sloths) may be the perfect book for bedtime--parents and children alike will enjoy learning in zoologist Jane Goodall's foreword that sloths sleep 15 to 19 hours a day! The beautiful tapirs, tree frogs, and birds of the Amazon that adorn Eric Carle's cut-paper collage, color-drenched pages are identified at the close of this lush, oversized picture book. (Preschool to age 5) --Karin Snelson

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