Teaching Tornero: The True Story of a Sloth Superstar by Georgeanne Irvine (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Press, 36pp, $14.99HB, ages 6-10) Review by Skye Anderson.
Surprise!
Tornero is like Topsy from Uncle Tom's Cabin - he just appeared one morning and was named Nugget until the zoo found out he was a boy. Soon the little sloth became a superstar as he was trained to be a wildlife ambassador for the San Diego Zoo. He was slowly given exciting adventures and opportunities away from his mom Xena, a wildlife ambassador, when he could handle the separations and in the first few outings he was given a stuffed sloth to hang on to (but he soon graduated from that).
The young reader will see Tornero's foot prints on the inside covers and read what even families can do to help conserve wildlife, such as feeding birds, keeping cats indoors, and planting native plants rather than invasive exotic species.
But the most fun is following the little sloth and learning about this unusual animal through the trips he will take to visit schools to teach children about nature - and he will travel by Slothmobile! But so far, he has only been on TV.
Life Upside Down
The sloth, a slow animal, spends a lot of time hanging on tree branches, upside down!
Even though you might like a pet sloth to eat your broccoli, they are wild animals and we need to respect that. This book will help educate people about animals and what families can do to help in conservation efforts.
I can't wait for more books in this series like Amazing Omeo, A Baby Koala's true Story of Survival.
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