Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s picture books

PARTLY CLOUDY

Deborah Freedman

A whimsical yet educational book about clouds, in which two curious bunnies watch clouds go by with very different observations!

What do you see when you look at the clouds?
Two curious bunnies enjoy watching clouds go by. But when they look at the sky, they each see something completely different! While one bunny likes to use his imagination and sees cotton candy or whipped cream, the other bunny can only see the scientific. Together they learn that cloud watching is much more fun when they see it through each other's eyes.

With extensive back matter about the many kinds of clouds and the water cycle, celebrated author and illustrator Deborah Freedman once again combines the educational with the whimsical, while introducing young readers to two irresistible characters who see the power of possibility.

Deborah Freedman is the author and illustrator of many critically acclaimed books for children including Blue Chicken and Carl and the Meaning of Life. Her most recent book, Tiny Dino, received three starred reviews and was a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year. She loves to watch the clouds and paint them from her home in Connecticut.

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Book Published 2024-03-05 by Viking
Book Published 2024-03-05 by Viking

Comments

Korean: Woongjin Think Big ; Slovak: Albatros

Clever and well-executed, this tale is perfect for weather studies or story times.

Freedman's lovely diaphanous watercolor-like scenes are an ideal counterpoint to the text, showing what the clouds look like. The scientific vocabulary will fascinate young readers. At the end of the book, there are beautifully illustrated diagrams that show the sky positions of different types of clouds as well as more specific information. The story is grounded in science and will send children outside to look up, inspired by what they have read. A must have for primary library collections.

Along with the pleasures of viewing diaphanous watercolor portraits of the 10 main types of clouds and less common sorts ranging from virga and lenticularis to mammatus and wavelike KelvinHelmholtz, Freedman offers additional facts in inset boxes, plus lucid schematic views of how clouds form and of the whole water cycle to boot. "There is so much to learn about clouds!" marvels one bunny. And indeed, so much to learn about the world and how we perceive it.

Creative imagination and scientific intelligence need not be exclusive, suggests this gently educational book that resists simple caricature.