HELLO, I'M A LORIS

First-person narratives from lovable endangered species encourage children to learn more. In each book, an animal introduces itself in a conversational way and shares facts about its species. To keep readers engaged, each animal poses questions to children, such as the sloth asking "How often do you poop?" or "Can you swim?" Each narrative also explains the dangers the animals face and what people are doing to help them. The mostly full-page illustrations are lovely.Warm presentations of vulnerable species will appeal to young animal lovers in these read alouds.

The author/illustrator couple Hayley and John Rocco, ambassadors for a nonprofit focused on conservation and rewilding South Africa, each work on the Meet the Wild Things series, which features an animal that is in need of conservation efforts. Lovely pencil, watercolor, and digital illustrations follow a specific species throughout its day-to-day activities. The narration addresses the reader in second person regarding how the creatures eat, sleep, interact, and ultimately, survive.Each title reads like a picture book, making a solid serial option for an informative, nature-inspired read aloud series in the classroom, library youth department, and beyond.