Cloudette
Meet Cloudette - an adorable cloud with a mission! Vanessa Badroodien shares this book with us after having chosen it as a gift for the new little people in her circle.
It’s baby season in our family and I was desperate to find a new book that could go onto the three newbies in my circle. I started out looking at board books, found lots that I liked but finally settled on this for each of them. It’s for when they’re a bit older and no longer chew the books they love. A kind friend hand knitted a mohair blanket for each of them and combined with the book it is a truly precious heirloom.
The minute I saw this cover, I knew that this was perfect. Tom Lichtenheld’s art is appealing and so gentle. The book trailer is adorable, too. It’s Cloudette’s job resume as she searches for a way to make a difference in the world.
Cloudette has personality. The text and art manage to make her so believably childlike that all children will identify with her. She isn’t as big as the other clouds and wonders what she can possibly contribute. She likes being small, but the big clouds can do a lot that she can’t—like creating thunderstorms, for instance. When one of the big clouds’ storms whooshes her far away, she meets a frog with a problem—an empty pond. Her solution is perfect and I was cheering for her.
Tom Lichtenheld is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Duck! Rabbit! and Shark vs. Train.
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