Sora and the Cloud

Name: Sora and the Cloud
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SKU: 9781597020275
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By Felicia Hoshino

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Summary

Sora and the Cloud follows a young boy named Sora who embarks on a magical journey after climbing a tree and hopping aboard a friendly cloud. Together, they soar through the sky, encountering curious birds, kites, and fireworks while exploring themes of childhood wonder, family bonds, and self-discovery. The story is beautifully told with delicate watercolour illustrations and includes a bilingual Japanese translation along with a glossary.
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This enchanting picture book is ideal for early elementary readers, parents, and teachers seeking a story that celebrates cultural heritage and imaginative exploration, especially those interested in bilingual English-Japanese literature.

Description

A curious child hops on a friendly cloud and has a magical journey flying through the sky. Features delightful watercolours and a bilingual Japanese translation.

Once a baby, now Sora is a boy who explores the world around him. First crawling and then walking, Sora soon learns how to climb a tree. Up there a friendly cloud awaits! Hopping aboard, Sora embarks on a fantastic trip.

Curious birds, squealing kites and whispering fireworks whirl by as Sora and the cloud share a breathtaking adventure in the sky. Along the way, Sora connects his past experiences with the present, which poignantly underscores how joyful memories of childhood and parenthood bind a family together.

ForeWord magazine: Children's Book of the Year: Bronze Medal Winner - 2011.

An acclaimed artist, Hoshino authors her first picture book, inspired by her own experiences as a mother to her son Sora: a growing boy enjoys the ultimate daydream to soar like a cloud! This wonderful flight of fancy is created in Hoshino's hallmark style: a unique combination of mixed media creates ethereal environments with subtle shading, and contemplative characters who invoke the innocence of youth.

Empowering themes of self-discovery, familial awareness, and cultural exchange, with colourfully expressive illustrations will prove popular with early elementary readers and teachers. Parents will appreciate the bilingual Japanese translation and informative glossary, which highlight how Hoshino sincerely shares her heritage with readers of all ages and backgrounds.

"It is tempting to label 'Miyazaki-like' anything appealing to children and Japanese in origin. But in this instance the analogy fits." - New York Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597020275

Publisher: Immedium

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 February 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: Immedium

Edition: Bilingual edition

Illustration: Color illustrations throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 382g

Pages: 40

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Felicia Hoshino General Fiction Young Adult

About the Author

Felicia Hoshino is an award winning artist. Her previous book A Place Where Sunflowers Grow won the 2007 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2007 International Reading Association "Notable," and San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2006.

Felicia Hoshino was born in San Francisco, California where she continues to live with her family. As a student at City College of San Francisco, she enrolled in as many art classes as she could find, from figure drawing and ceramics to illustration and graphic design. Upon deciding to make art her career, she continued her education at California College of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in Illustration.

Felicia's prize-winning illustrations can now be seen in children's magazines Cricket, Spider and Ladybug and in children's books such as Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin and A Place Where Sunflowers Grow, both accepted into the Society of Illustrator's The Original Art exhibition. Her most recent book is My Dog Teny, published by Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.

In addition to creating mixed-media images for children's books and magazines, she enjoys illustrating children's portraiture, cooking with her husband and decorating the walls at home with art created by her son and daughter. Visit her website at felishino.com.