To Catch A Cloud

Name: To Catch A Cloud
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571340583
Price: 18.99 NZD
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In To Catch a Cloud by Elena de Roo, a whimsical tale unfolds where a young girl, armed with curiosity and a vivid imagination, sets out on an adventure to capture a cloud. As she ventures through the skies, readers are delighted by the enchanting journey, filled with gentle lessons about dreams, determination, and the wonder of the natural world.
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An epic story, full of danger wrapped up as a sea shanty from enormously talented poet Elena de Roo and rising star illustrator Hannah Peck.

Description

I spy a cloud go floating by
Where do you go, Cloud, so high?
To the sea
She sings
Where the wild gulls fly
Then catch me if you can
I cry
We race each other to the sea
Can''t catch me, Cloud
Can't catch me

A boy and a dog follow a cloud out to sea, but as the weather worsens he relies on the whales and waves to bear him home.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571340583

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Illustrated by Hannah Peck

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 215g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Elena de Roo

About the Author

Elena de Roo is an enormously talented poet who lives with her family in Auckland, New Zealand and has been writing for children since 2004. She has had a number of stories, poems, plays and readers published including The Rain Train.

Hannah Peck is an author and illustrator based in Brighton who has illustrated many books including Nevermoor, Rita's Rabbit and My Butterfly Bouquet.

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