Sloths Love to Read Podcast

School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her…

It’s Hedgehog’s birthday and she is very excited! She would like to ask all her forest friends to help celebrate. But everyone seems so busy. Every time Hedgehog tries to speak, the words don’t seem …

Kindness, caring, and reliance on our neighbors are more important now than ever before. We all need more Mister Rogers in our lives.

In difficult times, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood provided a refuge …

Giraffe wants to find a hobby. She’s not so good at dancing, gymnastics, or skating. No matter how hard she tries, she ends up in a tangled mess.

Can giraffe discover her hidden talent, or is she sim…

Pete the Cat bites into a bad banana and decides that he never, ever wants to eat another banana again.

But Pete really likes bananas! Will a rotten bite ruin Pete's love for this tasty fruit?

Don’t …

In 1897 a young man named Solomon fell in love with and married a beautiful young woman named Anna. They lived in Russia, which was dangerous at that time for a Jewish family, so Solomon moved to the…

There was a cat who lived alone.Until the daya new cat came . . . And so a story of friendship begins, following the two cats through their days, months, and years until one day, the older cat has to…

It’s a good day for sailing.Finn lives by the sea and the sea lives by him. Every time he looks out his window it’s a constant reminder of the stories his grandfather told him about the place where t…

Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (…

Pat, pat, pat...Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she bakes with her mama. But she's not supposed to eat any yet! What happens when she…

Cat and Dog are headed home. A simple route lies ahead of them . . . or does it? There’s so much to see and smell and hear, and the two of them experience the world very differently. A stream, for in…

The octopus is happy in his undersea cave until one day, a diver captures him and takes him to live in an aquarium. The humans give him food and tests that look like toys. But every day is the same, …

Tiny jumping rodents with big ears and long legs bound across desert sands. Despite their pipsqueak size, jerboa can jump far and fast. They can also dig burrows to beat the heat and even block out s…

When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. This inspired her lifelong love of animals, and she went to study them in the wild as soon as she could.

Jane lived with chimp…

The class pets escaped from their cages and are running loose in your school! Lizards, hamsters, rabbits, and birds are on the loose... and a bearded dragon is leading the hilarious escape. Join the …

Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books of all time. A must for every child's bookshelf.

This iconic story has…

A vibrant, lushly illustrated exploration of a rain forest and all its breathtaking wonders.

Welcome to the green house, where day and night, the melodic prattle of exotic animals fills the air. The r…

A little gecko surprises his mother by telling her he doesn't want to come out at night, that he prefers the day "...when it's sunny and bright."

Mother gecko explains that night time is the best tim…

A lavish introduction to the Sonora desert and its wildlife brings readers into the beautiful and mysterious world of speckled road runners, ocelots, green lizards, mountain lions, and coyotes.

Don’t…

Rosie the hen leaves the chicken coop and sets out for a little walk. Right behind her is the fox, slyly trying to catch up with her.

Rosie's walk is quiet, uneventful and eventually leads her back t…