Being true to oneself is the theme of this Helen Lester book.   Sloths do what sloths do, which is very little and very slowly.  All is going along contentedly until Sparky, a new classmate, comes to school.  She is full of energy and bounces around trying to get others to interact with her.  She thinks they were all bores until a real boar came to Sleepy Valley Sloth School – to close it!  The sloths only hope is Sparky, the only one with enough vim and vigor to change his mind.  She convinces the wild boar that the sloths are doing quite well in every school subject, especially in poetry.  They have known the sloth poem since they were babies and could recite it in their sleep… which they did!  This is a reissue of the original copyright date 1987.  A downloadable audio is available along with discussion and activity guides.