Clouds

Clouds come in many different shapes and sizes. They can be white and fluffy or dark and scary. But where do clouds come from? The answer is at your fingertips. Just open this book and read about the wonders of clouds....

Illustrations and simple text explain three types of clouds, stratus, cumulus, and cirrus.

Clouds come in many different shapes and sizes. They can be white and fluffy or dark and scary. But where do clouds come from? The answer is at your fingertips. Just open this book and read about the wonders of clouds....

Elisabeth Greenberg - Children's Literature

This wonderful little book speaks to the scientist in every child. From the first page it engages the beginning reader with apt and intriguing questions and answers—such as "Can you make a cloud?" "Breathe out on a cold day." It clearly explains the different types of clouds, connecting them to a child's experience with fog or the TV weather channel and it places clouds in the cycle of evaporation and condensation. This title packs an amazing number of facts and concepts into less than two hundred words. Engaging watercolors of a young boy capture the mood of fog and the fantasy of a pet-shaped cloud and effectively illustrate the text concepts—except for the exceptionally difficult-to-see idea of a cloud made of ice crystals. An additional list of facts about clouds will intrigue even adults. Who knew that it would take seven billion water-vapor droplets to make one tablespoon of water? This title is part of the "Ready-to-Read" series 2004, Aladdin Paperbacks/Simon & Schuster, Ages 4 to 6.

Marion Dane Bauer is the author of many books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor book On My Honor and the New York Times bestseller My Mother Is Mine. Her other titles include A Mama for Owen, If You Were Born a Kitten, Grandmother's Song, and the forthcoming Thank You for Me! Marion is on the faculty of the Vermont College MFA program in writing for children and young adults. She lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and can be reached at mariondanebauer.com.