One of his favorites is “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth, by Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. He pronounces it like the end of “Malibu,” or like he’s trying to scare someone on Halloween. He wakes up in the morning pointing to his bookshelf and repeating “Books, books, books,” like an incantation. Something delightful introduced to me by a kid in my life: My 1-year-old is obsessed with books. Everyone knows he was one of the great actors of his era, but if you haven’t seen him slip and fall on the hardwood floor at the start of this movie, well, you don’t really know anything at all.
Something I recently rewatched, reread, or otherwise revisited: Along Came Polly, the 2004 rom-com with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston-and, much more important, Philip Seymour Hoffman. John Mulaney's Baby J takes apart a likable comedian.The sweet, moss-covered sloth will especially appeal to rushed families who will find in Carle's attractive book a brief respite from their hurried lives. Children will readily identify with the hero's need to move at his own pace. Colorful endpapers name all of the animals introduced in Carle's signature collage illustrations, with a setting particularly well-suited to his jewel-like palette. I like to do things slowly,/ slowly,/ slowly." The narrative's use of simple repeated phrases requires readers to ape the protagonist-the text compels them to slow down. In the volume's densest chunk of text, the sloth replies with an unexpected barrage of adjectives, admitting that, while he is "sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well, slothful," he is "not lazy. so boring?" The sloth does not answer until the jaguar asks why he is lazy.
"Why are you so slow?" they ask, ".so quiet. All the animals in the rain forest watch as the sloth "slowly, slowly, slowly" crawls along a tree branch or "slowly, slowly, slowly" eats a leaf. With a preface by Jane Goodall, an emphasis on Amazon rain forest animals and Carle's bright, trademark collages, this book is sure to find a wide audience.
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