This book is adorable. Sydney is a cloud, a rain cloud. Whenever Sydney shows up most people are mad they’re angry. They want Sydney to go away so they can enjoy their fun in the sun. But Sydney just needed to find the right location. Someplace dry and very hot. Where rain is a blessed event that everybody comes out to take pardon. To smile to play to be excited. And Sydney gets to join in all the fun. Kids are going to love this book not just for the story but for the illustrations and it’s really nice to see how the same thing can be both good and bad all based on someone’s perception. ( )

Review of eBook

All Sidney wants is to look down on the world and see happy, smiling faces. But whenever Sidney appears, everyone wishes that he would just go away.

And so Sidney goes away.

He passes over farmland, rivers, and bridges, over towns and cities, and over the ocean. But drifting over the water made Sidney grow bigger . . . and bigger . . . and bigger.

What will happen when Sidney reaches the land on the other side of the ocean?

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The target audience for this picture book is the young reader, ages three through seven, preschool through second grade. Colorful illustrations accompany the heartfelt story of the little cloud, helping readers understand that everyone is special, everyone has unique gifts to share and everyone has an important place in the world.

But young readers may question why Sidney had to go so far away to find those smiles and his own specialness. Why didn’t the picnickers and the kite-flyers, the farm-dwellers and the city-dwellers see his specialness? Why didn’t they see that the rain was important to their lives, too?

As sweet as the denouement of this tender tale may be, adults should be prepared to explain to young readers why Sidney felt unappreciated in the beginning of the story and why the people couldn't find a smile for him.

Recommended.

I received a free copy of this eBook from Flyaway Books and NetGalley
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