Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence.

When three children find a mysterious creature sleeping in a tree in their backyard, they search through books and use their imagination to find out what it is.

Sasha loves to do everything as fast as possible, but she's stopped in her tracks when she meets Mr. Sloth. Certain they are going to best friends, Sasha takes Mr. Sloth everywhere she goes. During the big neighborhood race, Sasha is just about to win when Mr. Sloth tells her to stop. Eventually, he gets her to stop and enjoy the moment, and Sasha realizes the importance of slowing down and practicing mindfulness.

One night, Bat wakes up to find a two-toed Sloth hanging in the same tree as him. At first, they think they have nothing in common. But slowly, the two discover they may have more in common than they think, and Bat and Sloth become good friends.

While having a picnic on the docks, animal detectives Bunny and Jack meet a dog whose one and only lawn chair is missing, and they set out to solve the case.

One day, an ordinary sloth is hanging from his ordinary tree when he comes across a child's backpack full of comic book stories about superheroes. It isn't long before Sloth dons his own cape and attempts to be a superhero, too--without much success. But when the sneaky Anteater steals some of his jungle friends' food, Sloth uses his natural, slow, sneaky stealth skills to teach Anteater a lesson.

When Sloth's birthday party is announced, his friends rush to prepare him a birthday feast and stitch him a pair of new birthday shoes, but Sloth is so slow that he doesn't arrive until his next birthday.

Samson the sloth is, of course, being a sloth, very slow--which means he always arrives hours late for every party he is invited to. His friends want to help speed him up, but that just makes Samson grumpy--until they come up with a clever solution on the party invites.

A tough day, a bad dream, a scary noise ... these are just a few of the things that can keep kids wide awake and frightened after dark. But Mama Sloth knows the secrets for calming worried minds and getting to sleep--and as she shares them with her daughter, young readers will learn valuable relaxation skills that last a lifetime.

A sloth finds a sport he is good at.