Misty the Cloud: A Very Stormy Day. Dylan Dreyer and Alan Katz. Illustrated by Rosie Butcher. 2021. [September] 40 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Clare stepped into the batter's box. She looked up and smiled. "Perfect weather for our game! Not a single cloud in the sky." But there was a cloud in the sky...far beyond where Clare could see.
Premise/plot: Misty the Cloud and Clare (the girl) are having rumble-grumble days. Both are in bad moods. Misty (the cloud) is upset that her friends can't play with her. Clare (the girl) is upset that the ball game is canceled and she has to play indoors. There's a lot of fit throwing. Which for Misty (the cloud) leads to thunder storms...and for Clare (the girl) it leads to some moralizing. The more you grumble, the more you'll rumble.
My thoughts: Emotions can be BIG and make you feel out of control. That's the moral of the story. It was okay. The weather facts are tacked on in the very last pages and really have little to do with the story overall. The book itself is all about emotions and feelings and how to cope with disappointment and frustration. Half the characters just happen to be clouds.
© 2021 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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