Slow Loris

Slow Loris - who is, well... a slow loris - liked to take things easy. It took him ten minutes to eat a satsuma, twenty minutes to cross the branch from one end of his enclosure to the other, and an hour to scratch his bottom, and the visitors to the zoo where he lived found him rather boring. So too did his fellow zoo animals, until the night they discovered his secret: that Slow Loris came alive at night...

English picture-book author/artist Alexis Deacon is someone whose books have been sincerely recommended to me a number of times, and recently having decided to explore his work, I thought I would start with this debut title. I enjoyed Slow Loris, although I found the artwork, which makes copious use of darker shades, and has a very show more earthy feeling to it, to be more interesting than the narrative. Although I can't say I was blown away by my first Deacon experience, I do plan to persevere (my friend was VERY enamored), and try another. Perhaps Beegu...? show less

An adorable book chronicling why the slow loris is so slow (hint: it involves secret, hilarious, and fun escapades when the zoo is closed). Some younger children may be a little frightened by the drawings simply from the dark eyes of the slow loris and other zoo inhabitants.

My new most magnificently favorite kids' book! It's by Alexis Deacon, author of Beegu. The artwork is really great, there's some amazingly funny stuff (meerkats! slow loris skritching his bum! and more!). And you have NO idea what Slow Loris has been up to. You can try to guess but you will not be able to figure it out until you read it. Therefore, READ IT NOW!!!

Slow Loris is a slow loris. All the other animals at the zoo think Slow Loris is boring because he is
very
very
slow.
All the visitors to the zoo this Slow Loris is boring because his is
very
very
slow.
But Loris has a secret...
One night the other animals at the zoo learn Loris' secret and discover he isn't quite as boring as they thought.

One of my all-time favorite picture books! A short simple store paired with wonderful illustrations make this book perfect for picture book lovers of all ages.

I volunteer at a zoo with a night house. We have a couple slow loris. They indeed move veeeeeery slowly. So the idea that they let down and party when no one is looking as this book suggests is too funny. A great read for anyone who loves animals.

Loris has very wild times at night where he truly comes alive even though he is super slow during the day!

Super Imaginative and fun! We never think about loris's being fast, but this book brings a new perspective. Super great illustrations and super fun story!

The story Slow Loris, is about a loris who lives in the zoo. Slow Loris wasn’t his name but that is what everyone called him. When visitors came to the zoo and looked at his exhibit he was very slow and never did anything exciting like the other animals. But Loris had a secret. At night when all the visitors were gone and the other animals were sleeping, Loris came out and did things fast until he couldn’t do another thing. This is what caused Loris to be so slow during the day. One night Loris’s secret was discovered and spread very quickly throughout the zoo to the other animals. Once the animals heard of his secret they had to see it for themselves. Sure enough Loris stayed up all night long and the other animals joined him. show more The next day at the zoo all of the animals were very tired and slow just like Loris. show less