Sloths

Hang out in the treetops of the Amazon rain forest with the sloth! Engaging text and oversized, striking photos invite readers to travel to South America and learn about the sloth's body structure, diet, life cycle, social behavior, habitat, predators, and ways of defense. Simple, labeled maps highlight the animal's home territory. Background information about South America is also given, as well as threats to the sloth's survival. The book closes with a page of kid-friendly facts....
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Hang out in the treetops of the Amazon rain forest with the sloth! Engaging text and oversized, striking photos invite readers to travel to South America and learn about the sloth's body structure, diet, life cycle, social behavior, habitat, predators, and ways of defense. Simple, labeled maps highlight the animal's home territory. Background information about South America is also given, as well as threats to the sloth's survival. The book closes with a page of kid-friendly facts. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of this amazing, diverse continent and the incredible sloth! Table of contents, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.