The Cloud Book

This is a great book for science and teaching about the different types of clouds.

This book is about clouds. The book talks about the different kinds of clouds and compares them to everyday figures. It talks about the beliefs that different cultures have about clouds, while it tells about what shapes people can see in the clouds.

This is a great little book to use for an introduction to clouds. dePaola's simple yet entertaining descriptions of different types of clouds hold the readers attention. His pictures are as always cute and fun.

The Cloud Book is a great introduction to young children about the many types of clouds. A little off-beat, de Paola uses entertaining illustrations and quick explanations to keep children interested in a topic that may otherwise become too technical or vocabulary heavy for younger readers.

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Overall, The Cloud Book is a good non-fiction children’s book pertaining to a scientific topic.

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To begin with, the book introduces the ten most common types of clouds. Then, it discusses some of the myths that have been inspired by their shapes and how clouds can reveal upcoming weather changes. Lastly, readers are presented with a very silly cartoon-like story about clouds.

The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola is a nonfiction book that takes on a unique approach to the sky, learning about the ten most common clouds, the myths that have been inspired by the different shapes, and how the clouds tell us about coming changes in the weather. This book is a great success

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because it has a skillful blend of fun and information about the different types of clouds. The illustrations are very kid friendly, and if a child struggles on some of the bigger words they can look at the pictures and automatically see what the word means. The pictures themselves can tell the story of the different types of clouds. This is a great book for children to use their imagination, and apply what they already know about clouds and even learn things they did not know before after reading this book.

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The cloud book by Tomie de Paola is a very short, sweet, and concise book about all the different types of clouds, their proper Latin names, their nicknames, and what type of weather they usually bring. The book also explores what clouds were thought to be in ancient times, as well as what certain

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folklore tells us about what type of weather can be expected when certain conditions are in sight.

I love this book. It is sweet, simple and educational without dumbing down the material. The illustrations are sweetly simple and inviting to the reader and the historical and informational bits at the end of the book are very interesting to readers of all ages! This is definitely going on my wish list for my son!

I would love to use this book in conjunction with a unit on weather. I could do art projects using different types of materials and allow the kids to pick out and create their clouds. They would have to be able to identify their cloud by proper name and recount what type of weather can be expected from such a cloud. Also, we could use the book in a language arts lesson to further explore the metaphors referenced at the end of the book. "Her head's in the clouds", and "He's in a fog" would be great jumping off points for a lesson on metaphors.

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This is an educational book about clouds; common types, how they form, and what they are made of. The text is easy to understand and the illustrations are colorful and fun.

This was a great book. Even as an adult, I learned a lot about clouds.

This would be a great book to use when studying weather.

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I would read this book and then take the students outside to study the clouds in the sky. We would predict what the weather was going to do based on our observations od the clouds. I would also have the children draw a picture of their favorite type of weather adding the appropriate cloude to their picture.

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I loved this book. It had very cute and good pictures along with very good examples. It was well written to inform the reders about the various types of clouds including what they look like and comparing them to every day objects students may see. I would recommend this book for any lower

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elementary classroom.

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This is a very educational book that teaches children about clouds in an interesting, fun way. It would be a great way to introduce a unit on clouds. This book provides so much information and a test could be followed about clouds. I would defninitely recommend this book to 3rd-5th graders.

great book but gets a little more detailed as it progresses. Good for older students

This book is a great way to illustrate the different types of clouds that are formed for a young audience. I like to include this book with a weather unit that leads to the students making a cloud poster or flipbook.

Summary:
A basic book that has vivid pictures about clouds. It talks about all sorts of clouds but is not dry and boring. It brings in some stories that tell about what certain different cultures believed in, in regards to clouds and weather. It teaches children how to read certain kinds of weather

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and what can be expected from it.

Personal Reaction:
I liked the pictures in the book more so than the information. For kids though I think it would be most effective. Kids don't like to just have a bunch of information thrown at them. They get bored easily. I would definatly recomend this book to others.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Take kids out to the playground and have then identify what kind of clouds are out that day.
2. Have kids draw the different kinds of clouds then make clouds in a bottle.

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The cloud book is a fun educational look at clouds. The author affords the reader more name of clouds than one can imagine. The reader also learns interesting legends, stories, and beliefs about clouds. This book is age appropriate for 1-3rd grade. The illustrations are colorful and sweet. The font

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is standard. This book could be used to learn about climate and its effect in our world.

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Summary: This is a great book about clouds. This book covers every type of cloud you could ever think of, for example cirrus, stratus and cumulus clouds. Not only does it tell you those and more it teaches you how to identify each could. It teaches you how to tell what the weather is going to do

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also. This book is very informational and specific on all the types of clouds.
Personal Reaction: I love this book and the illustrations, this book would have been amazing as a child when I was growing up I love the sky and they clouds. It is a very fun book and a fun way to learn.
Classroom Extension Ideas: Cloud Art, Cloud poem, Go outside and identify clouds and the weather.

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This is a fictional book, which discusses the variety of clouds. The book goes into depth about some legends that have to do with the clouds. The book also describes the different types of clouds that we see in our every day experiences with weather. The legends are used to help students remember

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which type of cloud is which. This is a great way to show students what happens in the earth’s atmosphere.

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This book is better for younger readers than the Gail Gibbons Weather Words book, but it still gives the information in an easy-to-read text.

summary:
This book is an informational book that is set up in a story. It tells about the different types of clouds. It also tells about the different sayings that are used to predict the weather.

Personal Reaction:
I thought this was a great book. I think it would really help an elementary student

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learn about all the different types of clouds and what the types produce weather wise.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Makes clouds using blue construction paper and cotton balls.
2. Discuss clouds and their functions

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Easy to read, and since clouds are almost always around I think it's great for children to learn more about them. I had gotten this as one of my RIF (Reading is Fundamental) books as an elementary student. I still love it as an adult.

When I was presented with a month long curriculum on weather I knew that I needed to find an interesting book for my kids. Working with first graders means that every single book I read to them needs to be bright, vivid and intriguing or well...they have short attention spans, you get the gist!

Of

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course when I found out that Tommie DePaola had a book about clouds, I snagged it! My kids have previous experience with his books and they love the illustrations. The best part about The Cloud Book is definitely the illustrations. Each page describes a different type of cloud formation, and then shows an example of that type. The kids loved this! They also loved how the book mentions that clouds can look like real life animals, shapes, etc.

What is really great about this book is also that it transcends all grades. Yes, the illustrations are adorable, but the information within in genuinely well put together! I didn't end up reading every page to the kids because, well let's face it, cumulonimbus is not exactly a word that they will remember at age 6. However, if you were to give this book to a fifth grade class they could definitely use it for a science project. Science mixed with adorable pictures, this book is sure to interest any age that you read it to.

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Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.