Little Cloud by Eric Carle

Book Genre: Fiction

Publishing Info: Scholastic Inc. (32 pages)

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Summary: Little Cloud is a story of a small cloud that floats along in the sky and enjoys changing into shapes that he has seen before. Some of the shapes that Little Cloud becomes are a sheep, an airplane, a shark, two trees, a rabbit, a hat, and a clown. Little Cloud eventually floats up and joins the other clouds. They all become one big rain cloud and it rains.

Personal Rating & Why: ***Good. This is a good book that introduces clouds to children. It has lots of colorful pages and interesting shapes of the little cloud.

Reading Level: K-2 (2.2 AR)

Interest Level: ages 4-8 years

Possible Uses: Some uses across the curriculum are as follows:
Art: You could use paint and construction paper to have the children create clouds. Another idea is to use cotton balls. Have the children stretch the cotton balls out and then glue them in shapes onto blue construction paper. Or, have the children glue cotton balls together to make shapes.
Writing: Have the children create a circle map about clouds. Let them list things that the cloud could change into. Later use the circle map to draw and write sentences about the clouds.
Science: Use story to introduce a lesson on types of clouds, possibly the atmosphere.

Potential Problems or Difficulties: None at this time.