Slow Days, Fast Friends - Hardcover

Brooks, Erik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807574376 ISBN 13: 9780807574379

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2005

Synopsis

Howard the cheetah loves being fast. To him, every day is a race--and he always wins. But when Howard hurts his leg and can't run, the only animal he can keep up with is a sloth--the slowest creature around! How could anyone like being slow?

About this title

About the Author:

Erik Brooks is a Pelican Publishing author.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2–This simple story conveys several complex messages about friendship, healing, and perspective. Howard the cheetah lives life fast–until he hurts his leg. He is humbled by his injury and must move slowly, more slowly than the slowest creature, Quince the sloth. Now moving with Quince at his pace, Howard learns the joys of dew on orchids, a splendid sunrise, and of pleasures gained from watching, listening, and thinking. As time passes, his leg heals, and he takes Quince on a whirlwind tour of the joys of being fast, such as wind in their hair and running circles around everything that moves. In the end, they achieve a balance together. The color cartoon illustrations, full of expressive animal faces, prettify the jungle animals and give a sense of the wilds of Africa as neat and clean. This quiet story is an additional purchase.–JoAnn Jonas, Chula Vista Public Library, San Diego, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0807574376
• ISBN 13: 9780807574379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Brooks Erik