Meet Cloud! Follow along as she moves, transforms, precipitates, and more in this charming and humorous portrayal of the water cycle.
The lifecycle of our protagonist, Cloud, is delightfully and sparsely narrated in nine short chapters that follow the stages of the water cycle. Young readers will immediately fall for this wide-eyed puff, and welcome facts along with humor and personality as they bask in the accomplishment of breezing through each chapter.
"The science is serious, the explanations cheerful, and children will come away with a fairly extensive understanding of how clouds become clouds." --School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
"An appealing introduction to the physical processes that water undergoes." --Publishers Weekly
"A breezy, buoyant bucketful of atmospheric basics." --Kirkus
Best Book of 2021 --School Library Journal
Camellia Award Nominee (2022)
Rachel Elliot is an author and editor living in Devon, England. She has an MA in Modern Literature from the University of Kent and has written over twenty books for children, including Maisie Mammoth’s Memoirs and Danny Dodo’s Detective Diary.
Rob Hodgson is a British designer and illustrator. He is the author and illustrator of The Cave and The Woods and the illustrator of An A to Z of Monsters and Magical Beings and A Good Day for a Hat. He lives in Bristol, UK.
Dr. Nick Crumpton is a zoologist at University College London. He completed his PhD at Cambridge University before working at the Natural History Museum and for the BBC as a journalist and researcher. He is the author of the Favorite Pets series and The Amazing Animal Atlas.
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Meet Cloud! Follow along as she moves, transforms, precipitates, and more in this charming and humorous portrayal of the water cycle.
The lifecycle of our protagonist, Cloud, is delightfully and sparsely narrated in nine short chapters that follow the stages of the water cycle. Young readers will immediately fall for this wide-eyed puff, and welcome facts along with humor and personality as they bask in the accomplishment of breezing through each chapter.
Praise
"The science is serious, the explanations cheerful, and children will come away with a fairly extensive understanding of how clouds become clouds." --School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
"An appealing introduction to the physical processes that water undergoes." --Publishers Weekly
"A breezy, buoyant bucketful of atmospheric basics." --Kirkus
Best Book of 2021 --School Library Journal
Camellia Award Nominee (2022)
Author
Rachel Elliot is an author and editor living in Devon, England. She has an MA in Modern Literature from the University of Kent and has written over twenty books for children, including Maisie Mammoth’s Memoirs and Danny Dodo’s Detective Diary.
Rob Hodgson is a British designer and illustrator. He is the author and illustrator of The Cave and The Woods and the illustrator of An A to Z of Monsters and Magical Beings and A Good Day for a Hat. He lives in Bristol, UK.
Dr. Nick Crumpton is a zoologist at University College London. He completed his PhD at Cambridge University before working at the Natural History Museum and for the BBC as a journalist and researcher. He is the author of the Favorite Pets series and The Amazing Animal Atlas.
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