Disappointed
(and puzzled,) I continued my search. In July, I read about Enca Garcia, a
zoologist at the Jaguar Rescue Centre. She’s been saving injured sloths and
then releasing them back into the wild. After seeing my website, and the books
I’ve created, Enca said I could come to her sanctuary to create my sloth book.
It
was over 50 hours of flying time and only four days to photograph the sloths
and create a video. That was impossible, so I decided to write and design the
book before I left as I had five years of research. This condensed the
important information and gave me a ‘wish list’ for photographs to tell the
sloth’s story. I was so excited, and with fingers crossed I flew to Costa Rica
in August.
I
fell in love with the most adorable sloth and she became the ‘star’ of the
book. Enca allowed me to take her out of the sanctuary to be photographed in
her natural habit in the wild.
After
four days of photography Enca checked my copy for Sleepy the Sloth. I
discovered that some of the information I used was not up to date. It was great
to have an expert zoologist correct my text.
Sleepy
the Sloth was the most wonderful book to create. Sloths are so gentle and they
smile all the time. I have a new set of wrinkles from smiling back.
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| Jan and an adopted baby sloth |
Sleepy
the Sloth video is on the video section of
www.truetolifebooks.com.au
Jan Latta is an author, wildlife photographer and
publisher of 15 True to Life Books, educating children about endangered
animals. To create the books Jan has followed wild animals in India, Africa,
Borneo, Sri Lanka, Uganda, China and Costa Rica.
You can find all of Jan’s gorgeous books and videos
at www.truetolifebooks.com.au
We just couldn't resist sharing some more of Jan's utterly adorable new friends with you all.
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| Twins |
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| Sleeping makes you sleepy |
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| Hanging around for a bite to eat |
