Jeffrey and Sloth

Jeffrey and Sloth is a children's book by Kari-Lynn Winters and Ben Hodson. It was published in March 2007 by Orca Book Publishers.

Jeffrey and Sloth
Book cover, featuring the two characters Jeffrey and the Sloth (sitting in chair facing Jeffrey)
AuthorKari-Lynn Winters
IllustratorBen Hodson
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Genrechildren's fiction
PublisherOrca Book Publishers
Publication date
2007
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages32
ISBN978-1-55143-974-7 (first edition, softcover);
ISBN 978-1-55143-323-3 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC180756886

Jeffrey and Sloth first appeared in a 2004 issue of Chameleon, a children's magazine published by the University of British Columbia, as "Jeffrey's Wor(l)ds Meet Sloth". Orca selected this book as one of 9 out of 1600 manuscripts chosen for publication in 2007. The book has come to life beyond the page, as a literacy play performed by Tickle Trunk Players in schools in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.[1]

Awards

Plot

Jeffrey can't think of how to start his writing assignment so he doodles instead, only to have his doodle of a sloth come to life and order him about. Jeffrey struggles against the strong-willed Sloth, in the process telling a tale and completing his homework.

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References
  1. Tickle Trunk Players
  2. Honoured BC Books 2009
  3. Edify Magazine 2, Fall, 2007, page 11
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