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Cloudette
by
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...more
This charming book gets at the heart of what it means to make a difference no matter your s...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 1st 2011
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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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 from her home....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 to shut down school for a da...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 to shut down school for a da...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 perks to be...more
As her name suggests, Cloudette is a cloud of the most diminutive proportions. Clearly, there are perks to be...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 Cloudette an idea…
She held her breath until she s...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 Cloudette an idea…
She held her breath until she s...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 some...more
This book is a winner all the way around. The story about a little cloud who recognizes the advantages to being small but still wants to make a big mark on the world is a good message for young readers, and the illustrations are so clever. I would imagine that they would be attractive to young children (hard to tell since I have a 5 month old who would rather listen than look at this point), but they are also entertaining for adults. I laughed at loud at a couple of the puns within the illustrat...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 about how being sma...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 about how being sma...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 UPC code, with...more
Mega-adorable alert. I love the cover, especially the back cover which shows Cloudette on top of the book's UPC code, with...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
This book is about a little cloud who like being small. When ever the big clouds go make rain and thunder she likes to stay back and watch. She tries to go help people who need just a little water, but she can't find anyone who needs her. She then feels like she has no purpose, on her way back to the sky she gets blown away accidentally. In her know home she finds a dry pond, so she olds her breath and she erupts with rain! The pond is filled again and she feels Iike she now has a purpose!!
I wou...more
I wou...more
Cloudette is a tiny cloud that can't seem to find her purpose. She's not big enough to really make it rain, and it seems like nobody needs her help. When she is blown away from her home, she finally finds her purpose. This is a very cute book to show that everyone serves a purpose in life. I would use this in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. It's a perfect fit for that age because it's a silly book that only a younger student will truly appreciate. I would use this book when we're talkin...more
Cloudette is an overall great read, teaching you a little about clouds and the weather as well as telling a great story about how everyone can help out given the right situation. I thoroughly enjoyed the few pun jokes that were thrown in amongst some of the characters as well. The simple yet beautiful illustrations really drive the story, and the style of having character dialogue with the normal style of text makes it a great book to share with children.
I would recommend this book to kindergart...more
I would recommend this book to kindergart...more
This is a sweet, charming book about someone small wanting to do something big and important. A theme every child can relate to. Cloudette doesn’t mind being small, in fact there are some perks. But she feels a little left out when the “big clouds” go do “big cloud” activities. Cloudette then sets out to figure out how she can do something important. At first she is met with disappointment but she perseveres and figures out her special place in the ecosystem.
Tom Lichtenheld has done an amazing j...more
Tom Lichtenheld has done an amazing j...more
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 font seems friendly and personable. Some f...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 being a little cloud t...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 story the cloud is a girl, but...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 story the cloud is a girl, but...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 print show the w...more
The illustrations are colorful with simple yet distinct black outlines. Lots of little print show the w...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 plus you can always re...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 plus you can always re...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 modes...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 modes...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 area wher...more
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.
This story is ADORABLE, and would be excellent for a science lesson on clouds.
It follows a small cloud that feels excluded because it is so little.
The story would be a great for a lesson on the water cycle/clouds. It introduces the different types of clouds and how they are formed, and the things they are used for.
Also, this would be a great book to teach on acceptance and community for the "first-day" of school.
GREAT for Kindergarten-2nd grade!
It follows a small cloud that feels excluded because it is so little.
The story would be a great for a lesson on the water cycle/clouds. It introduces the different types of clouds and how they are formed, and the things they are used for.
Also, this would be a great book to teach on acceptance and community for the "first-day" of school.
GREAT for Kindergarten-2nd grade!
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.
Apr 20, 2011
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.
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld is such an adorable story about a little cloud who feels left out because of its small size. I would use this book during the engage portion of a science lesson on clouds and their characteristics. I could also use this book to introduce the water cycle with my students. This book can be used for students in grades K-2nd.
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Children's book author/illustrator writes for kids who love to laugh and grown-ups who love to laugh along with them. When not making up stories and drawing silly pictures, he likes to get other people's kids all riled-up then send them home to their parents.
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