I Am Speedy

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Confessions of a Turbocharged Sloth

By Kristen Tracy

Series: Funny Animal Confessions

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You may look at sloth and think she is lazy. No, no. You'd be mistaken. She is turbo-charged! Don't blink. You'll miss sloth climbing very, very, very high and very, very, very fast. Want to race through the forest? Sloth can set this place ablaze with... Read More

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Description

You may look at sloth and think she is lazy. No, no. You'd be mistaken. She is turbo-charged!

Don't blink. You'll miss sloth climbing very, very, very high and very, very, very fast.

Want to race through the forest? Sloth can set this place ablaze with her quickness.

But all that zipping and zooming can be exhausting. Yawwnnn.

If there's one thing sloth is even better at, it's getting a good day's sleep.

With laugh-out-loud humour, I Am Speedy is the perfect bedtime (or naptime) story for even the silliest little readers.

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I Am Speedy

You may look at sloth and think she is lazy. No, no. You'd be mistaken. She is turbo-charged! Don't blink. You'll miss sloth climbing very, very, very high and very, very, very fast. Want to race through the forest? Sloth can set this place ablaze with her quickness. But all that zipping and zooming can be exhausting. Yawwnnn. If there's...

By Kristen Tracy

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780374391171

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 May 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Illustration: full-color throughout

Contributors:

Illustrated by Erin Kraan

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kristen Tracy Series: Funny Animal Confessions

About the Author

Kristen Tracy is a former teacher, a poet, a winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation, and an author of numerous books for children including I Quit, I Am Picky: Confessions of a Fussy Eater, and I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear. She lives in Santa Clarita with her family. Learn more about her at kristentracy.com. Erin Kraan is the illustrator of several picture books, including #1 New York Times-bestseller, Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb, The Bear and Hare by Jory John, and I Am Picky: Confessions of a Fussy Eater and I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy. She creates her illustrations using a combination of woodcut prints, gouache paint and digital collage. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Find her at erinkraan.com.

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