Hello, I’m a Sloth (Meet the Wild Things #1)

Eye-opening facts and humorous questions pepper the friendly narration of the brown-throated three-toed sloth who features in this engaging book. The mammal’s personality is on immediate display with the opening “Oh, hiiiiiiiii! You caught me in the middle of a nap.” The creature next describes key aspects of sloth life, from tree-climbing (“My claws act as hooks”) and pooping (once a week) to diet and common dangers both natural and human, before moving on to overviews of the world’s six sloth types. The portrait that emerges often wows with unexpected details: “Most people think I like to keep to myself. But I’ve got hundreds of friends with me wherever I go. Many of them are moths and beetles that live in my fur!” Through varied visual perspectives, realistic pencil, watercolor, and digital artwork supplies a charismatic picture of its smiling subject, buoyed by interactive questions (“How often do you poop?”; “Do you have any bugs living on you?”). Back matter offers a conservation message and additional surprising facts. Publishing simultaneously: Hello, I’m a Pangolin. Ages 3–7. (June)