A Little Book of Sloth

Author/photographer: Lucy Cooke

Genre: Non-fiction

Grade level: K-4

This book is a book about Sloths in Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica which is the world's only sloth orphanage. We meet the queen of the sanctuary named Buttercup who started the whole thing. She is the oldest sloth living in captivity. She is eventually joined by many others. There are very small sloths that are so small they need clothes made for them with socks to keep them warm. There are twin sloths and injured sloths and sloths that give very nice hugs. It describes the different sloths and how they live such awesome, laid back lives. It describes how they survive in the wild. 

This book can be used to learn about animals. It can also be used to learn about different animals that live in Costa Rica. It can also be used to expound on the different cultures in the world and how their are differences not only in culture but animals that roam around such as a squirrel and a rabbit roam around the U.S. 

The illustrations are photographs taken of the sloths and the sanctuary. The images show how they interact, live, and look like. It shows them growing up and how they go about their daily lives.