Synopses & Reviews
Little Cloud drifts in the sky with the other clouds and has a life that any cloud would want. But Little Cloud isn't happy. She doesn't want to make thunder and rain like the other clouds. The earth below is so beautiful -- purple mountains, scarves of snow, silver-topped waves. She wants to live and play on the earth and be on her own.
How will Little Cloud ever come to understand that everything has its special place in the world, most especially her?
Inspired by the favorite Aesop story "The Bundle of Sticks," Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison tell a gentle and loving tale that illustrates that the whole is far mightier than any single part. Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor recipient Sean Qualls's shimmering paintings sparkle from the pages of this timeless fable.
Review
The Morrisons present a modern fable about the need for independence as well as the beauty of being a part of everything else. Little Cloud discovers "I can be me andlt;Iandgt;andandlt;/Iandgt; part of something too."--andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Yellow Brick Road, andlt;/Iandgt;May/June 2010andlt;/Bandgt;
Review
The Morrisons present a modern fable about the need for independence as well as the beauty of being a part of everything else. Little Cloud discovers "I can be me and part of something too."--Yellow Brick Road, May/June 2010
Synopsis
Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993.
Synopsis
Little Cloud likes her own place in the sky, away from the other clouds. There, the sky is all hers. She is free to make her own way and go where she wishes. Can Lady Wind show Little Cloud the power of being with others? Will Little Cloud agree there is strength in unity and change her ways? A fresh take on a classic story, Little Cloud and Lady Wind will teach kids how to work together to achieve their goals.
About the Author
Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prizeandndash;winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: andlt;iandgt;The Bluest Eyeandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Song of Solomonandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;iandgt;Belovedandlt;/iandgt;, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993.Slade Morrison was born in Ohio and educated in New York City. He studied art at SUNY Purchase and collaborated with his mother, Toni Morrison, on five books for children.andlt;Bandgt;Sean Quallsandlt;/Bandgt; has created art for magazines, newspapers, advertisements and children's books. His work is a mixed media combination of painting, drawing, and collage. Sean is the illustrator of andlt;iandgt;Before John was a Jazz Giant, andlt;/iandgt;which received the Coretta Scott King Honor award; andlt;iandgt;The Baby on the Way andlt;/iandgt;(FSG), aandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;New York Times Notableandlt;/iandgt; Book, andlt;iandgt;Powerful Words andlt;/iandgt;(Scholastic); andlt;iandgt;Poet Slave of Cubaandlt;/iandgt;andnbsp;(HENRY HOLT), a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book; andlt;iandgt;How Weandnbsp;Are Smartandlt;/iandgt;andnbsp;(Lee andamp; Low) and andlt;iandgt;Dizzyandlt;/iandgt; (Scholastic) an ALA Notable, andlt;iandgt;Kirkusandlt;/iandgt; Best Book, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, andlt;iandgt;School Library Journalandlt;/iandgt; Best Book of the Year, andlt;iandgt;Booklistandlt;/iandgt; Editors' Choice, andlt;iandgt;Horn Bookandlt;/iandgt; Magazine Fanfare Book, and a andlt;iandgt;Child andlt;/iandgt;Magazine Best Book. Hisandnbsp;firstandnbsp;book with Simon and Schuster is andlt;Iandgt;Little Cloud and Lady Windandlt;/Iandgt;andnbsp;(Spring 2010) by Toni and Slade Morrison.andnbsp;He lives with his wife and son in Brooklyn, New York.