A very cute story. Basically all the reasons why sloths don't make very good pets, or maybe the most perfect pet ever.

Rating, 4.5 All kinds of sweet. Just what I needed .A young girl (our narrator) begs her mom to let her have a pet. Maybe ... a bird or a bunny or a trained seal? Anything. Mom doesn't deem her responsible enough and says no to the bird, no to the bunny and of course "No, no, no to the trained seal." ... but the girl persist ... and finally gets the "green light" to get a pet on the condition that "it doesn’t need to be walked or bathed or fed". Piece of cake! The girl does some research at the

3.5I thought this book was going somewhere, but then it just kind of ended. It was cute, but I'm a little confused by the lack of a story arc.

Love. Love the sloth. Love the slow. Love the inevitable. A sloth is true to its nature. It is nothing but a sloth. This book is so absolutely charming. And wonderfully slow - yes, like a sloth. There are giggle worthy images - like the sloth in a box having just arrived by Express Mail. Or when we see that Sparky (the sloth) can win at a game - if it is Statue where you need to stand very still. It is about our desires and vulnerabilities. Why else post a sign about a Trained Sloth Extravaganza...

This was an odd one: a picture book with somewhat YA sensibilities and an odd undercurrent of moralizing (lazy sloths!) that focuses on a rivalry between two girls instead of on how cool sloths are. Granted, a sloth would make a terrible pet, but surely there's a lot of love to give the snuggly sleepy things. I liked the drawings a lot though!

What am I missing here? Don't get me wrong--I absolutely love the illustrations, but when I read the last sentence I could only shake my head and think, "So, was she happy? Sad? What?" I just didn't get this book.*sigh*Yes, she got her wish to get a pet. Good. Yes, her parent kept her word and was supportive throughout the ENTIRE book. Bloody amazing in this day and age! Yes, her pet was unusual. Okey-dokey. All-righty, she stood up for herself and her pet and did so with creativity.BUT . . . in...

PET SLOTH!! A little girl keeps begging her mother for a pet. Her mother's pet requirements are simple: it mustn't need to be walked, or bathed, or fed.The library holds the answer: Soon the little girl gets her new pet sloth, Sparky, in the mail. Admittedly, Sparky isn't the most active of pets... But in the end Sparky turns out to be the best pet!

You're it, Sparky!It is great to recognize your abilities and to respect them and to ‹spark› them. Sloth is not a notable pet, but the real desire of the little girl owning a pet have made it Sparky lovely sloth!Picturing is so creative and well detailed.

A girl wants a pet-sloth. Life moves a lot slower for this young lady and her unusual new friend.

Our narrator, a young girl, has been trying to get a pet for a long time. Mom always says no. But when Mom makes the mistake of promising that if she can find a pet that doesn't have to be fed or walked or bathed, a sloth is ordered on the sly. Sparky isn't good at hide-and-seek or any of the other games they "play" together (well, except "statues"; he's outstanding at "statues"). He doesn't do anything but 1]sleep, and 2]never move. Kind of reminds me of Elizabeth Cody Kimmel's My Penguin Osber...

My dark-hearted children loved this one's understated humor and expressionless sloth.

What a cute story! Sloths are the cutest things ever!

The unnamed narrator really wants a pet, "a bird or a bunny or a trained seal." Unfortunately, her mother says no to all those options, and after a lot of nagging, agrees to a pet who doesn't need to be walked or bathed or fed. When our narrator goes to the LIBRARY, she finds this: Et voilà! Her sloth arrives by Express Mail. She names the sloth Sparky (of course) and as you can imagine, much excitement ensues. Here is just a small taste of the adventures she has with her sloth: But th...

Cute story about a young girl who wants a pet, and ends up adopting a sloth. Fun times ensue as she attempts to teach the sloth tricks.The whole book (story, illustrations) is sweet, and put a smile on my face.

Glitter on a sloth = shit just got real. Buy this title from Powell's Books.

MORE SLOTH MANIA!!this is an adorable book about a little girl who wants a pet. her mother tells her You can have any pet you want as long as it doesn't need to be walked or bathed or fed. so she gets… a sloth! in the mail!and while sparky the sloth is very adorable and huggable with his "flat nose and monkey face"he's not the most … playful pet.nor the most obedientwhich is a problem because she has already boasted to the bratty and scoffing mary potts that sparky's a GREAT pet, and she's going...

A darling picture book about a little girl who is desperate for a pet. “I asked [my mother] every day for a month, until she finally said, ‘You can have any pet you want as long as it doesn’t need to be walked or bathed or fed.’ … My sloth arrived by Express Mail. He was about the size of a mediumish dog, with a flat nose and a monkey face. My mother wasn’t happy, but a promise is a promise.” Sparky may not do very much, and certainly not very quickly, but he’s a good pet in his own way. I proba...

The sloth is not a noble animal. Few people spend time contemplating their heroic qualities and distinguished countenances. Had I an Oxford English Dictionary on hand I’d be mighty interested to learn whether or not the term “sloth” as in “a habitual disinclination to exertion” was inspired by the tropical, slow-moving animal or if it was the other way around. Perhaps it is because of this that we don’t see them starring in too many picture books for kids. Sure you’ll get the occasional Lost Slo...

A young girl longs for a pet in this lovely picture-book, but her mother refuses to consider any animal that requires walking, bathing or regular feeding. So the girl gets a sloth, and names her new animal companion Sparky. Unsurprisingly, Sparky isn't a particular active pet, something the girl at first has trouble accepting, attempting to teach him tricks and to get him to perform for the neighbors. Eventually however, she must come to terms with her slothful sloth's essential nature, and acce...

This is an adorable tale of a girl who legalistically navigates her mother's stringent restrictions on what sort of pet she was allowed to have in order to acquire a sloth, Sparky. But, now having the sloth, she needs to face up to the fact that it *is* a sloth and thus has some big limits on what it is willing (and able) to do, culminating in (view spoiler)[her efforts to show up her rival by holding a talent show, where Sparky, of course, does nothing, and she looks ridiculous. (hide spoiler)]...