Students may be instructed to imagine clouds they have been previously exposed to, and how it can relate to the text. Overall, this text provides a basic overview of clouds, and allows students to recognize that clouds are in the sky, and look different from one another. Little Cloud turned into a clown, airplane, a shark, and other various shapes and sizes. He decided that he would like to be included in the fun, and transformed into objects. Little Cloud noticed his cloud friends changed forms. Throughout the text, there were big, small, and medium sized clouds in the sky.

The focus of the text is on the shapes of the clouds, rather than technical names. Little Cloud, by Eric Carle, exposes students to different variations of clouds. It is a fictional text with 42 pages, is a Guided Reading level I, lexile Level 390, and grade level of pre-k to k. Little Cloud, by Eric Carle, was published in 1998 by Philomel Books. This provides an idea to children that clouds are in the sky, and look different from one another. Little Cloud turned into a clown, airplane, a shark, and many other objects and animals.

He decided that he would like to transform into objects. Little Cloud noticed his cloud friends change forms. There were big ones, small ones, and medium sized clouds in the sky. The focus is on shape, rather than technical names. For the craft below we cut out six plain white circles, stuck them together to make a cloud shape, glued on some cotton wool balls and added different coloured strips of paper to make a rainbow.Summary: Eric Carle’s expository text, Little Cloud, exposes students to different varieties of clouds. We’ve done lots of cloud inspired art and craft using cotton wool balls. I find that the repetition in Eric Carle’s books also make them ideal to use with non native English speakers (who often know the stories from their own language). This book can then grow with a child, when they are older it can be used to promote discussion about weather and the simple text is good for beginner readers. I love the simplicity of the text and illustrations which make this story suitable for very young children. Most children spend time finding and watching shapes in the clouds which is why the theme of Eric Carle’s Little Cloud is such an easily identifiable one for young readers. At the end he rejoins the other clouds and rains. The Story: Little Cloud drifts away from the other clouds and experiments with making different shapes in the sky. It’s one of the first picture books that our daughter can ‘read’ on her own.

Little Cloud by World of Eric Carle