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Cloudette
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Tom Lichtenheld (Goodreads Author)
Sometimes being small can have its advantages. If you’re a little cloud like Cloudette, people call you cute nicknames, and you can always find a good spot to watch the fireworks. But what about when you want to do something big, like help a giant garden grow, or make a brook babble?
This charming book gets at the heart of what it means to make a difference no matter your s
...moreHardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 1st 2011
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
(first published January 1st 2011)
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An utter delight! Cloudette is a "cute little cumulus" cloud -- she is sooo charming and adorable. But, she is also small. Much smaller than the other clouds. This has certain advantages (she can always find a good view for watching fireworks, and she has a special cozy place to sleep where other clouds couldn't fit) but but she also feels rather useless. She can't help make lots of rain and storms like the big clouds can. One day, an especially bad storm blows Cloudette far away...more
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That's right, Cloudette, not Claudette. I grabbed this book for its originality in creating a new character. If talking hamsters make you cringe, Cloudette, the "cute little cumulus" could precipitate a thunderous objection. Still, I was captivated by Cloudette and her sunny disposition.
Cloudette is tiny. Sometimes that has its advantages, but Cloudette longs to do something big and important. The other bigger clouds create storm fronts, thunderstorms and enough snow ...more
Cloudette is tiny. Sometimes that has its advantages, but Cloudette longs to do something big and important. The other bigger clouds create storm fronts, thunderstorms and enough snow ...more
The concept of a small protagonist making a mark on the big world is a children’s lit mainstay. It makes sense – there are few situations children can better relate to than being surrounded by those that are older and bigger and wanting to do something conspicuous. Tom Lichtenheld’s charming Cloudette ably enters this territory, and will likely garner fans big and small. But mostly small.
As her name suggests, Cloudette is a cloud of the most diminutive proportions. Clearly, there are...more
As her name suggests, Cloudette is a cloud of the most diminutive proportions. Clearly, there are...more
Cloudette is a little itty-bitty cloud. Generally, Cloudette saw the advantages of being small, like everyone calling her cute names and always being able to find a good spot to watch fireworks.
But she wanted to do something important, something important like the big clouds got to do.
One day, Cloudette got her chance.
This little book about the power of a little cloud to make a little part of the world better made me very happy to read.
“This gave C...more
But she wanted to do something important, something important like the big clouds got to do.
One day, Cloudette got her chance.
This little book about the power of a little cloud to make a little part of the world better made me very happy to read.
“This gave C...more
A wonderful story of what one person (or in this case, cloud) can do to make just a tiny part of the world a better place. Cloudette is a very small cloud. The other bigger clouds like her and call her endearing names. There are advantages to being small, but Cloudette doesn't feel that she can do anything important. One day she is blown away from her home and ends up in a different place where she has no friends. Fortunately, she is able to make new friends and even prove to herself and to...more
I loved this book. It probably helps that I’ve been fascinated with clouds my entire life, and especially loved them when I was young.
But this book is so sweet, and funny and whimsical. And the illustrations are so pretty and cute, and all the little funny asides add to the story. My favorite part was the scene where Cloudette got the impression the new other “clouds” had no interest in getting to know her, but I was fond of every single page.
There is also a fine message here...more
But this book is so sweet, and funny and whimsical. And the illustrations are so pretty and cute, and all the little funny asides add to the story. My favorite part was the scene where Cloudette got the impression the new other “clouds” had no interest in getting to know her, but I was fond of every single page.
There is also a fine message here...more
Most of the time, the diminutive Cloudette likes being small since her bigger cloud friends address with cute names and her size makes it possible for her to do things that the others cannot. But sometimes she wishes that she could do something big, like the others. When a blustery storm blows her to an unfamiliar area, Cloudette makes new friends and starts a little rainstorm of her own, creating a pond from a little puddle so that the frogs have water in which to play. I'm not quite sure why s...more
Tiny cloud Cloudette (the cutest puff of a cloud ever) likes all the advantages of being small (like always finding a good spot to watch fireworks), but when the important jobs of the big clouds leave her feeling left out, she finds her own small way to matter. The smallish size and many humorous asides might make this tricky to read to a group, but it'd be great one-on-one.
Mega-adorable alert. I love the cover, especially the back cover which shows Cloudette on top of the book's UP...more
Mega-adorable alert. I love the cover, especially the back cover which shows Cloudette on top of the book's UP...more
This is the same illustrator as Duck! Rabbit!, notoriously not one of my favorites. Cloudette was... eh. The illustrations are pretty cute but the story line is contrived and down talking, and I hate picture books like that. Kids aren't stupid, they just don't have extensive vocabularies yet. Yet. There is a major plot hole (I know, it's a picture book, the plot is like *this* big. Nonetheless...) in that Cloudette laments that her smallness makes her useless, yet she forces herself to be bigger...more
Abigail
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Recommends it for:
Little Kids Who Dream of Doing Big Things
Recommended to Abigail by:
Kathryn & Lisa
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Cloudette was a cumulus cloud who usually enjoyed being just as she was: diminutive and cute. With plenty of pet names, lots of friends her own size, and the ability to fit into spaces where the larger clouds couldn't follow, there were distinct advantages to being small. But when the big clouds head out to do big, important things, from watering the crops to make the rivers flow, she found that she too wanted to do something that would make a difference...
A sweet story, one which ta...more
A sweet story, one which ta...more
Robin
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Illustrations are a highlight in this story of a little cloud with big dreams: Cloudette wants to "make a garden grow" and a "brook babble" and a "waterfall fall." Love the illustration of the cow looking down at her from the upper crescent of the moon as she perches on the lower part of the crescent, contemplating what "big and important" thing she can do. I try to avoid using the word cute in my reviews, but this one really is cute -- even the rounded fo...more
Can anything be more adorable than a cloud personified (Little Cloud by Eric Carle may be the first example that comes to mind)? Cloudette, who "usually...didn't mind being smaller than the average cloud" eventually longs to be important like the bigger clouds who can "make a garden grow" or provide a snow storm for children to get a day off from school. One day she discovers her purpose--and preschoolers will cheer the little cloud on as she happily achieves her desire of ...more
Adorable picture book about a little cloud who discovers how he can make a difference. Mostly I really liked it, but I had a few quibbles.
Who are the bigger clouds who want him to join him in the cold front? His family? When he gets blown off course, he makes new friends, but does he ever find his old friends? These unanswered questions are troubling for a pre-schooler. K-2nd grade will be less bothered by this and enjoy the little clouds independence.
Also, in the st...more
Who are the bigger clouds who want him to join him in the cold front? His family? When he gets blown off course, he makes new friends, but does he ever find his old friends? These unanswered questions are troubling for a pre-schooler. K-2nd grade will be less bothered by this and enjoy the little clouds independence.
Also, in the st...more
Cloudette is too small to do much of anything, but she doesn't mind most of the time. She has lots of cute nicknames, lots of friends, and because of her small size she fits in lots of little places. But, sometimes, instead of being little, she wants to be important. She finds her chance with a little frog whose pond has dried up. A great idea for children who think they are not big enough yet.
The illustrations are colorful with simple yet distinct black outlines. Lots of little p...more
The illustrations are colorful with simple yet distinct black outlines. Lots of little p...more
Genre: Concept/Information
Copyright Date: 2011
I loved this book because it teaches so much. You can use it as a book when you teach weather to talk about the clouds. You could also use this book when you talk about self esteem. Cloudette believes because he her size that she isn't as good and can't do what the big clouds can. This would be a great book to use with students who feel this very same way. I liked it and I found two good ways to tie this book into the classroom pl...more
Copyright Date: 2011
I loved this book because it teaches so much. You can use it as a book when you teach weather to talk about the clouds. You could also use this book when you talk about self esteem. Cloudette believes because he her size that she isn't as good and can't do what the big clouds can. This would be a great book to use with students who feel this very same way. I liked it and I found two good ways to tie this book into the classroom pl...more
The concept of a small protagonist making a mark on the big world is a children’s lit mainstay. Tom Lichtenheld’s charming Cloudette ably enters this territory, and will likely garner fans big and small.
Cloudette is a cloud of the most diminutive proportions. Clearly, there are perks to being small, but Cloudette reaches a point where she wants to do important things, like make rivers flow and waterfalls fall. When a storm drops Cloudette in an unfamiliar place, she finally finds where her ...more
Cloudette is a cloud of the most diminutive proportions. Clearly, there are perks to being small, but Cloudette reaches a point where she wants to do important things, like make rivers flow and waterfalls fall. When a storm drops Cloudette in an unfamiliar place, she finally finds where her ...more
Cloudette is the smallest of clouds. Usually it was just fine to be the littlest. She was called by cute nicknames, she had little friends, she was great at hiding, and she even slept in a special spot on the moon. But sometimes, she felt left out because she was so small. She couldn’t do the important work that the big clouds did, like storm fronts and rainbows. She wanted to do something big herself, but all of her big ideas didn’t work out. One day, she was blown by a storm to a new are...more
There are a lot of positives to being a small cloud, like cute names, great hiding spots for playing Hide and Seek, and small friends like birds and squirrels, but adorable Cloudette wants to do more. Big clouds provide rain storms to help crops grow and snow storms to give children a day off from school, but Cloudette is too small to do any of that. Cloudette eventually finds a place that needs a cloud just her size, and discovers even though she is small, she is needed.
Cloudette is a very petite little cloud. Being small has it's advantages..she has tons of cute nicknames, she could get sneak through tiny spaces, and she had a special little bed on the sliver of the moon that was nice and cozy. But when her big cloud friends got to make rain, lightning, and thunder, cloudette wished she could do big, important things.
Really cute story with great illustrations! The little cloud eventually finds something big and important she can do.
Really cute story with great illustrations! The little cloud eventually finds something big and important she can do.
Oh, I am such a big Tom Lichtenfeld fan now. Knowing he also did Shark Vs. Train with Barton secured his place. He's clearly a very talented author and illustrator. Cloudette is very cute. I like how the book starts on the copyright page and the funny parts of the copyright. I thought the colors for the pages were good based on emotion/season. I also like the cute quotes by the big clouds who use bigger words than the little cloud that still makes a big impact.
This is a sweet little story about a small cloud who wants to do big things and discovers she's an important cloud too. I love the illustrations. I also liked that the book had somewhat of a comic book feel to it with the main narration text of the story as well as side text from the characters. I fell in love with the adorable Cloudette and I'm sure young readers will be happy to hear her story and cheer when she discovers just what a cloud can do.
I bet there doesn't exist a better book about clouds. Cloudette is a precious little cloud who is seemingly content in her small size and finds plenty of positive advantages in being so but also has big dreams of making a difference in the world alongside her fellow cloud mates. I was completely taken with her charm and I imagine Cloudette is inspiring to those little ones whose dreams of making a difference in the world overcasts their stature.
Melissa
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I tend to over-react against "message" books, but this one is so dang cute I just had to come around to it. My favorite part is actually at the beginning, with the list of good things about being small. Squeezing through giraffes and hiding between skyscrapers: simply adorable. The illustrations are what lifted this up for me; I have no idea how Lichtenheld makes Cloudette so expressive with so few strokes of his pen!
I love Tom Lichtenheld's sense of humor (the kite asks, "Hey, guys, what's up?" and the bird answers "Us!" The squirrel comments, "That's nutty.") Cloudette is a little cloud who doesn't mind being little, until she sees the big clouds doing big, important things. She finds a job that's just right for a cloud her size, though (impressing the "higher-ups", hee hee). Nice, kid-centered message, and cute art.
I loved this book! Cloudette is the small cloud that is trying to fit in. In the end Cloudette gains self-confidence and accepts herself for what she is capable of doing.
It is an excellent book for teaching metaphor, voice and could be used for bibliotherapy. It is a gem that I will be recommending to teachers at my school.
I am surprised that this book isn't showing up on Best Books of 2011 lists.
It is an excellent book for teaching metaphor, voice and could be used for bibliotherapy. It is a gem that I will be recommending to teachers at my school.
I am surprised that this book isn't showing up on Best Books of 2011 lists.
What is not to adore about this book? Cloudette, who usually has a great attitude about being on the small size, longs to do great things like her big cloud friends. With time and a whole lot of determination she does find that success. Lovely illustrations and a great "can do" message that kids will really connect with! Be sure to read the note about the illustrations in the front of the book.
Oh. How fun.
For both the story (Make a difference! It doesn't matter if you are small!) to even the science tie-in possibilities. 'Cause come on. How much more fun would this book be than a dry water cycle volume with lots of labeled diagrams.
Both have their place, I guess. But you know which one I'D pick.
For both the story (Make a difference! It doesn't matter if you are small!) to even the science tie-in possibilities. 'Cause come on. How much more fun would this book be than a dry water cycle volume with lots of labeled diagrams.
Both have their place, I guess. But you know which one I'D pick.
I am a giant Duck Rabbit fan, and this book by Tom Lichtenheld makes me so happy that he is a children's book author. Cloudette is a book about a fun-loving cloud that doesn't feel like he belongs in the sky that he lives in. He wants to make a difference, but he cannot figure out his place.
I loved this book. It has a dual message. It teaches about cloud formation and rain, while it also reinforces the idea that even little "people" can do big things.
The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because the text was small in general and very small in dialogue bubbles.
The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because the text was small in general and very small in dialogue bubbles.
your neighborhood librarian
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Cloudette. Cloudette is a little bitty soft white cloud. A friendly little cumulus cream puff whose name, as I say, is Cloudette. I could say that all day: isn't it satisfying when you come upon something that is that just-right and self-evident? "Yes," you think. "Of course her name is Cloudette."
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