When life gets busy sometimes it’s easy to forget to
look up and so you can miss on some really marvellous clouds (don’t even get me
started on stars!) having kids around can provide you with opportunities to not
only look up but also down and at most things that we would normally miss. We’ve
been looking at clouds lately due to a school subject on weather for which we
made a ‘cloudometer’ and just because clouds are just so darn fascinating. One
of the lovely things about clouds is their ability to look like other things.
Emma Quay uses this as the premise of her delightful new book called Not a Cloud in the Sky. A little bird meets
a cloud who wants to play a guessing game. The bird, tired from travel, is
rejuvenated by the simple, fun game as the cloud takes on all manner of shapes
like a giraffe and an elephant and a dragon beautifully timed to coincide with
sunset.
This is a playful story that celebrates play and imagination
and the friendships that spring from unlikey sources. It also has some rather nice
little zen sentiments about life like things looking different from another
point of view. The text and the illustrations capture the playful nature of the
story; there’s a sense of delight and fun that make reading it so enjoyable. And
the illustrations are just lovely with the sweet little bird and the wispy,
cheeky little cloud and the transition from day to nightime reflected in the
colours of the sky.
My son adores this book and happily took it to school so his
teacher could read it to the class where it was well received. A great book for
children and cloud lovers everywhere.
There are some interesting explanations about the
illustrations on Emma’s website http://www.emmaquay.com/illustrating.html#cloud
ISBN : 9780733330919
RRP: $24.99
Publisher: ABC Books
No. of pages: 32 pages
Rating: 4.5
Themes: Friendship, imagination, play, weather, clouds
Suitable for : 3+
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