7.8 /10 1 Votes
Country Canada Publication date 2007 Originally published 2007 Page count 32 Publisher Orca Books | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 32 Genre Children's literature Illustrator Ben Hodson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) ISBN 978-1-55143-974-7 (first edition, softcover);
ISBN 978-1-55143-323-3 (first edition, hardcover) Kari-Lynn Winters books On My Walk, Arhythmetic, Gift Days, Runaway Alphabet, When Chickens Fly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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.
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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.