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Curious about the sky

Clouds you cannot keep, a map that comes true, and a story map to explore between them. For the child who asks why the sky does that.

Ages 6-7Curiosity & DiscoveryWonder

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    Read

    The Cloud CollectorLuna loves the sky. The way clouds change shape, drift across the horizon, dance with the wind. When Grandpa Chen gives her a butterfly net and a glass jar, she sets out into the meadow with one big plan: collect one cloud of every kind. She meets cumulus clouds that float just out of reach, wispy cirrus painted high across the sky, and slowly learns that some things are too beautiful to keep. A picture book about wonder, attention, and the gift of letting beautiful things stay where they are.

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    Talk about it

    The Cloud CollectorLuna loves the sky. The way clouds change shape, drift across the horizon, dance with the wind. When Grandpa Chen gives her a butterfly net and a glass jar, she sets out into the meadow with one big plan: collect one cloud of every kind. She meets cumulus clouds that float just out of reach, wispy cirrus painted high across the sky, and slowly learns that some things are too beautiful to keep. A picture book about wonder, attention, and the gift of letting beautiful things stay where they are.

    Talk about it together

    Three questions to open a conversation, one for each part of the read.

    1. Before readingLuna wants to catch one cloud of every kind in a jar. Do you think she can?
    2. While you readLook out of the window. What shape is the sky making right now?
    3. After readingSome things are too beautiful to keep. What would you rather just watch?

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    Eva's Virtual Story Map

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    Read next

    The Little MapmakerMaya is five, and she draws maps. Maps of her bedroom. Maps of the kitchen. Maps of the backyard with the tire swing. Her dog Pepper sits beside her with a red bandana while she works. Then one day Maya draws a castle deep in the tall grass, and when she walks out to find it, it is exactly where she put it. Soon a river runs through a crack in the sidewalk because she sketched fish in it. A picture book about how imagination, attention, and a pencil are enough to make a world.