Little Cloud

Genre: Easy
Keywords: Clouds, Rain, individuality
Audience: K-3
This is a great book where a little cloud floats away from the rest of the clouds to have some adventures of his own! After expressing his individuality he goes back to his family to do his duty as all clouds do : Create rain showers! This book can be used as part of a science lesson as well.

Love, love, love this sweet book! I forgot about this one too, unfortunately. This book is about Little Cloud, who changes shape into lots of different things like a plane, a sheep, and a rabbit. He floats back up to the other clouds who call out for Little Cloud, and then they all come together to form one big cloud. The story is not at all complex, but it truly is adorable. It teaches young kids a little bit about clouds and shows them how to look for shapes they can imagine in the clouds. It uses minimal words and simple phrases, relying a lot of the illustrations. This is another great pick for early readers.

This book is about "Little Cloud" who changes into multiple different things until it becomes one giant cloud and it rains. I love this book because of Eric Carle's illustrations. The story also explores the different shapes clouds form and encourages creativity. This could be a mentor text for a short fiction narrative writing piece. The students could use the illustrations and short amount of text as one example of how they can design their own short fiction book. The reading level is second grade. The text complexity is very simple. The language and sentence length and structure are simple and short. The readers would also be most likely motivated to read the story because of the familiarity with clouds and the engaging illustrations.

A minor addition to Carle's lengthy list of child-captivating titles, this lean tale introduces a cloud that changes itself into a handful of shapes. Calling upon memories of objects it has seen, Little Cloud becomes a plane, a shark, trees, a rabbit and a clown before rejoining its peers. At this point they do what clouds are apt to do when they get together: "Then all the clouds changed into one big cloud and rained!" Popping out from a textured background of rich turquoise, Carle's luminous collage art features broad, swirling strokes reminiscent of fingerpainting. As minimalist as the text, these images may well inspire kids to cast more creative glances at the sky. Although the conceit is imaginative, the execution lacks the show more inventiveness and extra sparkle of such Carle classics as the "Very" quartet. Ages 2-6. show less

This is a dreamy book about a little cloud who separates away from the other clouds high in the stratosphere to hang out closer to the skyline and turn in to different shapes, like a sheep, a clown, and so forth. It's a short and gentle tale that would make for a nice lazy summer day reading (complete with lying outside to see what shape clouds are around you!) or for a calming bedtime story. Carle's characteristic illustrations are bright and cheery as usual.

I enjoyed this book, as I do most Eric Carle books. What I enjoyed about it is the illustrations. The illustrations highly contribute to the story , enhancing it. For example, little cloud always wants to be something else. It is a cowboy, a sheep and even an airplane at one point in the story. This emulates a realistic principle of people looking at clouds and stating what they look like. This is relatable and enjoyable for the reader to read about. Another reason I liked the book was for the point of view. Instead of being in the point of view of a person, it is in the view of little cloud himself. This adds perspective and depth when we picture little cloud becoming all of these things. The main message of the book is describing what show more we see when we look at clouds in the sky. show less

This is a very enjoyable book. I liked the illustrations which made it more engaging. The pictures seemed to be sponge painted which made it look like they had texture. This brought the picture to life. I also liked the descriptive language the author used. For example, "Clouds pushed upwards, little cloud pushed downwards." The words "upward" and "downward" are great descriptive words for children to be learning. Lastly, I enjoyed the plot. It was very entertaining to try and guess what little cloud would turn into next. For example after little cloud turned into an airplane it was exciting to see how he turned into a silly clown. Since the plot was simple it was easy to enjoy. The main message of the book is to show children that they show more can be anything they want just like little cloud. show less