A fun and creative nonfiction book that tells readers all about clouds. ( )

Este libro está en español y explica los diferentes tipos de nubes .

Tomie de Paola gently guides readers through the MANY different types of clouds: cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and all the combinations and varieties thereof (there are ten in the index).

De Paola's rounded, cartoonish style is not best suited to scientific illustrations; for students studying weather, I'd pair this with a book (or other resource) that included photographs as well.

See also: Gail Gibbons, Weather Words and What They Mean ( )

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 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. ( )