By Eric Carle
Illustrated by Eric Carle

Slowly, slowly, slowly - that's the way the sloth moves. Slowly, it eats and then, slowly, it falls asleep. What strange kind of creature is this? the other animals wonder. Why doesn't it run or fly or play or hunt like the rest of us? "Why are you so slow?"

Small readers and listeners, who are all too often over programmed and stressed for time, will be amused by the sloth's explanation of the merits of its leisurely way of life. Eric Carle's dazzling collage illustrations introduce them to the exotic beauty of the Amazon rain forest and the unusual animals living there.