by Jenny Offill, Chris Appelhans
Our narrator of this adorable tale wants a pet more than anything in the world, and the only pet that meets her mother's qualifications is the sloth. After she has Sparky mailed to her, she just wants people to love him as much as she does. Thus she makes several failed attempts at teaching Sparky t...
PET SLOTH!! A little girl keeps begging her mother for a pet. Her mother's pet requirements are simple: it mustn't need to be walked, or bathed, or fed. The library holds the answer: Soon the little girl gets her new pet sloth, Sparky, in the mail. Admittedly, Sparky isn't the ...
Sloths are adorable, but they are not impressive pets. They don't do tricks. They don't do much of anything. But unconditional love is always good. And the art is charming.Library copy.
""Sparky is a sloth. A pet sloth. And sloths don't know how to fetch. Or roll over. But they sure know how to play dead. What's an eager pet owner to do?""An endearing girl wants a pet. So she asks the school librarian (who knows everything) for help doing research, and then orders a sloth by Expres...
Sloths are adorable, but they are not impressive pets. They don't do tricks. They don't do much of anything. But unconditional love is always good. And the art is charming.Library copy.
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