Go Sloth Go! by Gabrielle Prendergast | Illus. by Sophie Benmouyal

Car alarms are really, really annoying. Today, as I was working, a car alarm went off for at least five minutes. (I just deleted a few MORE sentences about how much I hate car alarms.) The point being, Go, Sloth, Go! to the rescue! I need to purchase this book for libraries I have the privilege of purchasing picture books for. I didn’t really need to reread the book to make purchasing decisions, but I did anyway. Reading it literally made me feel better (car alarm still going, mind you). Tense shoulders? Relaxed… Frowny face? Smiling… Silent frustration?... Laughing out loud.

At three words per page, mimicking the pattern of the title, this simple, simple narrative, never the less, tells an action packed and – yes – laugh-out-loud story. I have been told by smarter people than myself, that changing one word, in a simple sentence like this, is a good way to teach small children about language. Also noteworthy, illustrations of the sloth’s face in this story convey a wide variety of emotions, very well. Were the sloth an actor, they would be Academy Award worthy. There is much more to say about this brilliant, Canadian book. I’ll leave it at, bravo, Sloth, bravo!

Picture Book pr7892049