Little Cloud

Brief Description: Carle's new picture book tells the story of Little Cloud, who lags behind the other clouds as they drift across a bright blue sky. Little Cloud is too busy changing shapes, becoming a fluffy sheep, a zooming airplane, and even a clown with a funny hat. Full-color illustrations. Review Quotes: "Carle''s luminous collage art features broad, swirling strokes reminiscent of finger painting. As minimalist as the text, these images may well inspire kids to cast more creative glances at the sky." --Publishers Weekly "Simplicity itself.... A perfect story-hour choice [that] segues nicely into a trip outside to look at the sky." --BooklistReview Quotes: "Carle's luminous collage art features broad, swirling strokes reminiscent of finger painting. As minimalist as the text, these images may well inspire kids to cast more creative glances at the sky." --Publishers Weekly "Simplicity itself.... A perfect story-hour choice [that] segues nicely into a trip outside to look at the sky." --BooklistBrief Description: A little cloud becomes all sorts of things--sheep, an airplane, trees, a hat--before joining other clouds and raining. Marc Notes: ; A little cloud becomes all sorts of things--sheep, an airplane, trees, a hat--before joining other clouds and raining.; 1; 002-006. Publisher Marketing: The clouds drift across the bright blue sky--all except one. Little Cloud trails behind. He is busy changing shapes to become a fluffy sheep, a zooming airplane, and even a clown with a funny hat. Eric Carle's trademark collages will make every reader want to run outside and discover their very own little cloud. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 03/05/2001 pg. 81 (EAN 9780698118300, Paperback)

Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/1996 pg. 292 (EAN 9780399230349, Hardcover)

Booklist 04/01/1996 pg. 1371 (EAN 9780399230349, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 04/22/1996 pg. 70 (EAN 9780399230349, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 05/01/1996 pg. 85 (EAN 9780399230349, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 pg. 250 (EAN 9780399230349, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Carle, Eric Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books for young readers. Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York. Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration. In 2002, fifty years after Carle's return to the United States, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst, Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to Eric Carle's work, original artwork by other distinguished children's book illustrators from around the world. Eric Carle es el creador de mas de setenta libros ilustrados para ninos. Nacio en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis anos de edad se traslado con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Kunste de Stuttgart, logro cumplir su sueno de regresar a Nueva York. Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportacion global a la literatura y a la ilustracion infantil. En 2002, cincuenta anos despues de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguro en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, ademas de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen numero de originales de los mas destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero.