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Adventures of Dr. Sloth, The: Rebecca Cliffe and Her Quest to Protect Sloths

Suzi Eszterhas

Illustrator: Suzi Eszterhas

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Millbrook Press/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-5415-8939-1

Keywords: field scientists, Costa Rica, Scientific research, ecology, zoology, biography

Two women, a zoologist and a wildlife photographer, present emerging research about the elusive, arboreal Central and South American mammal. Full-color photographs and links to videos. Back matter.