Sleepy Mr Sloth – He’s quite good at climbing. He knows how to swing. But sleeping’s his favourite, favourite thing! A playful rhyming story about a sloth. Suitable for learning to read with large text size and beautiful rhyme and repetition. Another great creative commons book from BookDash.
Written by Paul Kennedy, Designed by Nick Mulgrew, Illustrated by Graham Paterson
Text and Images from Sleepy Mr Sloth
One day, Mr Sloth came
to visit. He said:
I’m sleepy! I need a good
branch for a bed!
Yawn! Yawn! Yawn!
I’m quite good at climbing.
I know how to swing.
But sleeping’s my favourite,
favourite thing!
This branch looks lovely!
I think I’ll sleep here.
And you? Don’t you think
that’s a splendid idea?
Oh no, Mr Sloth! A giraffe’s
eating there!
He might think you’re lunch
and start nibbling your hair!
<end of sample>
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it was a nice short story an my daughter enjoyed it
Danielle (site editor) writes:
Great rhyme and an entertaining story for young children
Hanna writes:
Very cool and interesting love it
jayden writes:
i loved this book because…… it was funny and silly
David Ramon Castillo writes:
Jason liked the book, its better than magic school bus.
Adrian writes:
This book is cool, the bees are cool, it’s all cool
Genevieve writes:
Very good pace. Nice simple but appealing idea working with a well known characteristic of sloths. Sweet ending for little ones. Thoroughly enjoyed.