Poor Sloth! Blown about by rough winds, she tumbles from her leafy home and hurts her toe. Luckily, a helpful, brown-skinned human comes to her aid. The story is told entirely in three-word rhyming sentences. The sloth\u2019s dramatic descent is summed up with a \u201cBlow, sloth, blow\u201d and \u201cWhoa, sloth, whoa!\u201d \u201cOh, sloth, oh! Your toe, sloth, your toe,\u201d exclaims the sloth\u2019s rescuer. The kindly human transports the sloth to a veterinarian, who X-rays her (\u201cGlow, sloth, glow\u201d) and stitches her up (\u201cSew, sloth, sew\u201d). Finally, the sloth\u2019s new friend returns her to the wild: \u201cGo, sloth, go. Slow, sloth, slow.\u201d The bulk of the storytelling falls to the illustrations, which expand on the spare yet peppy text. The sloth\u2019s deep burnt-red hues pop nicely amid the verdant setting, while her delightful, human-inspired facial expressions exhibit everything from the surprise of falling from the tree to the anguish of her injury. Though a note at the end provides information on sloths and the dangers people pose to them, this story offers a more positive spin, demonstrating how we can effect positive change. Together, images and words make for a well-told tale that highlights the often-fraught relationship between humans and animals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Poor Sloth! Blown about by rough winds, she tumbles from her leafy home and hurts her toe. Luckily, a helpful, brown-skinned human comes to her aid. The story is told entirely in three-word rhyming sentences. The sloth\u2019s dramatic descent is summed up with a \u201cBlow, sloth, blow\u201d and \u201cWhoa, sloth, whoa!\u201d \u201cOh, sloth, oh! Your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}