Download or read book A Little Book of Sloth written by Lucy Cooke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cozy up with adorable baby sloths in this irresistible photographic picture book. Hang around just like a sloth and get to know the delightful residents of the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world’s largest sloth orphanage. You’ll fall in love with bad-boy Mateo, ooh and ahh over baby Biscuit, and want to wrap your arms around champion cuddle buddy Ubu! From British filmmaker and sloth expert Lucy Cooke comes a hilarious, heart-melting photographic picture book starring the laziest—and one of the cutest—animals on the planet.
Download or read book Slothlove written by Sam Trull and published by Inkshares. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As featured on National Geographic, The Today Show, Upworthy, Mental Floss, The Huffington Post, Flavorwire, Lonely Planet and many others... Wildlife conservationist and photographer Sam Trull’s world changed forever when she gave up her comfortable life in the United States for the wilds of Costa Rica. After almost twenty years of working with animals, one creature in particular had captured her heart: the sloth. In her stunning photo series, Slothlove, Sam shares intimate portraits of these captivating and endearing animals from her unique perspective as their protector, mother, and friend. Sam not only found her life’s work among her beloved sloths; she also found comfort, friendship, and inspiration after having suffered a devastating loss. Woven in with these images are unforgettable stories of heartbreak and survival, as well as interesting facts about these intelligent and beautiful creatures. Slothlove is an unforgettable journey into the trees of the Costa Rican rainforest and a moving portrait of the profound connection between humans and animals.
Download or read book The Power of Sloth written by Lucy Cooke and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Sloth is Lucy Cooke's celebration of the sloth: the cutest, cuddliest, slowest creature on this planet. In the book she brings together some truly adorable pictures of baby sloths, literally by the bucketful. These delightful, funny pictures are accompanied by a simple text which tells you all about sloths and why we should protect them. We also discover all about the work of the Avarios sloth sanctuary, which, along with the ZSL EDGE programme to protect the pygmy sloth, receives some of the proceeds from this book. This book has been a huge success in the USA, where is was published under the title of The Little Book of Sloth, selling over 50,000 copies and making the New York Times best-seller list.
Download or read book Wished written by Lissa Evans and published by David Fickling Books. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent in the company of their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, and her ancient, smelly cat. But when they find a box of birthday candles in a cupboard in Miss Filey's house, their world is changed completely. These are no ordinary candles, every single one of them comes with a wish.There's only one problem: some of those wishes actually belong to someone else . . .
Download or read book The Truth About Animals written by Lucy Cooke and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world Humans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins "holding hands," it's hard for us not to project our own values -- innocence, fidelity, temperance, hard work -- onto animals. So you've probably never considered if moose get drunk, penguins cheat on their mates, or worker ants lay about. They do -- and that's just for starters. In The Truth About Animals, Lucy Cooke takes us on a worldwide journey to meet everyone from a Colombian hippo castrator to a Chinese panda porn peddler, all to lay bare the secret -- and often hilarious -- habits of the animal kingdom. Charming and at times downright weird, this modern bestiary is perfect for anyone who has ever suspected that virtue might be unnatural.
Download or read book Happy Sloth Day written by April Pulley Sayre and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a stunning sloth’s-eye view of the world in this beautiful and informative photographic nonfiction picture book from award-winning author and photographer April Pulley Sayre. Come meet sloths in the rainforest canopy where these slow, gentle creatures live and see what they eat, how they hide from predators, and much more. Young readers will also learn about some of the other creatures that share this interconnected and fragile tropical forest ecosystem. With gorgeous photographs, a text that’s perfect for reading aloud, info-packed side bars, and detailed end matter, this book will captivate sloth enthusiasts of all ages!
Download or read book A Million Sloths written by Lulu Mayo and published by Million Creatures to Color. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addition to Lulu Mayo's popular series of coloring books features the animal of the moment: adorable, friendly sloths. Who could resist? Chubby sloths, smiling sloths, and sloths that happily play, climb, and (of course) nap: illustrator Lulu Mayo has created a million irresistible sloths for you to color. Her charming, whimsical, and fun-to-complete pictures will delight and entertain animal lovers with a soft spot for these cuddly creatures.
Download or read book Sloths written by Rebecca Cliffe and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sloth expert Rebecca Cliffe has teamed up with world renowned wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas to produce this stunning coffee-table book which takes readers on an immersive journey through the jungles of South America to discover the secret lives of sloths. The story is illustrated through spectacular imagery capturing some of the most intimate and rarely seen moments, while the narrative reveals some of the latest scientific discoveries and provides fascinating insights into the previously unknown habits of these unusual animals. A portion of all proceeds from the sale of this book go towards supporting the work of the Sloth Conservation Foundation.
Download or read book Life in the Sloth Lane written by Lucy Cooke and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHY ARE SLOTHS ALWAYS SMILING? Perhaps it’s because they’ve mastered the art of taking it slow in a world whose frenzied pace is driving the rest of us crazy. Here, in a mindfulness book like no other, heart-tuggingly cute photographs of these always-chill creatures are paired with words of wisdom, all to inspire us to slow down, stop to enjoy the little things, and come up relaxed, centered, and smiling.
Download or read book Sam The Speedy Sloth written by Matthew Ralph and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cute rhyming children's picture book about a speedy sloth who feels different than the others, and goes on an adventure of self-discovery.
Download or read book The Sloth Life written by Joan Emerson and published by Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sloth-tastic! Full of jokes and adorable (and sleepy!) illustrations, this full-color collection of inspirational sloth moments is perfect for sloth lovers everywhere. Meet Sloth! He believes that relaxing is an art form, that slippers are an underrated fashion accessory, and that there's nothing better than a nap except for two naps. Or five. Sloth's favorite things: Ice cream flavor: Cookies & Dream Book: Harry Pillow and the Half-Asleep Prince Holiday: Hanukkah (he can wear his pajamakkahs) Chock full of puns and the cuddliest art you've ever seen (from the creator of the popular Diary of a Pug series), this charming book will inspire you to live your best sloth life!
Download or read book Italian and English written by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sloth Who Came to Stay written by Margaret Wild and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wryly amusing story about a fast family who are taught to slow down when an adorable sloth comes to stay by the award-winning author of Fox and Ruby Roars. SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Book of the Year, Crichton Award for New Illustrators, 2018 Amy's family is speedy! They are always in such a rush that there is no time to talk or play - until the afternoon Amy brings home a sloth. Then things start changing very, very slowly ... A timely tale about enjoying the little things in life from award-winning author Margaret Wild.
Download or read book Journal of Morphology and Physiology written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book Book written by Fiona Farrell and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative and moving mix of memoir and fiction from an award-winning novelist. As war is waged in the Middle East, a woman in New Zealand has her nose in a book. Kate is immersed in other battles, engrossed in eyewitness accounts of an earlier war in ancient Persia. She has grown up, left her Otago home and returned, and in all these years books have shaped her life and made sense of the world - offering mystery and solace, entertainment and enlightenment. From The Little Red Hen to Owls Do Cry, from T.S. Eliot to Aphra Behn, this frequently funny, always original novel is another extraordinary offering from the author of The Hopeful Traveller.
Download or read book A Wish for Pangolin written by Carrie Hasler and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ƒ‚‚‹ƒ‚‚€ƒ‚‚‹Preeya the pangolin and her pup Chatri discover that their home in the rainforest of Thailand has become too dangerous. As the only mammals with scales, pangolins are some of the most unusual animals in the world. But, they are being hunted to the brink of extinction. With danger on the rise, Preeya and Chatri find human footprints nearby and must find a new, safer home deeper in the forest. As they search for one, the pangolins find some unexpected help from their forest friends along with a renewed sense of hope for their future.
Download or read book A Dictionary of the English and Singhalese and Singhalese and English Languages written by Benjamin Clough and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
