The Book of Clouds

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Even though the material is scientific, this book follows a logical progression that makes the information easy to understand. For it is Berlin—and its troubled history—that rests at the focus of Doktor Weiss’s past and present preoccupations (and therefore, Tatiana’s transcriptions):

Although most clouds are found within a distinct layer of the troposphere, there’s one cloud type that doesn’t quite follow the rules. Indeed, the cumulonimbus cloud is one of the few cloud types that has substantial vertical development. This conservation tale is appropriate for children ages three through five and is only available in hardcover. It really was agony. There were lots of tears, but it was also really good timing because I was writing right after Zach died so everything was still so fresh. Strangely, the hardest parts to write were the happy parts, I think because I was still early in the grieving process, so I wasn’t really there emotionally. It’s hard to write about times when you were happy and laughing while you’re so far from that place emotionally. What scenes in the book were the most important for you to get right? It’s believed that these clouds form as a result of a mixture of dust, water vapor, and extremely cold temperatures that all happen to make it into the mesosphere.

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If you have a kid that is often anxious or stressed about things, Greta and the Dark Cloud by Lana Simkins (author), Alina Shabelnyk (illustrator) can help them understand the benefits of working through complex emotions. It is a story about being afraid of thunderstorms, and the main character is Greta. If Greek mythology seems like a lofty subject for small children, don’t worry. The author Tomie dePaola made myth and legends come alive inspired by the shapes of clouds. His storytelling was funny and his illustrations were offbeat and sure to capture any child’s imagination — much like clouds do! However, researchers aren’t sure yet how the dust and the water vapor end up in the upper atmosphere as these particles are mostly found in the troposphere. One theory is that the dust comes from volcanic eruptions or potentially from meteors, but more research is needed to confirm this suspicion.

It’s not clear why these clouds form, but we do know that they’re somewhat common over the Great Plains in the United States. They’re also associated with thunderstorms, even if they’re not responsible for precipitation. 2.9 Pyrocumulus Cloud CC BY-SA 4.0 / JeremyaGreene / wikimedia commons The name “cumulus” actually comes from the Latin word of the same spelling that roughly translates to “heaps.” Indeed, these clouds usually look like lumps of cotton floating in the sky. When you’re selecting a children’s book about clouds, keep the following criterion in mind: the reader’s age, interest, and theme. If the book hits all of those factors on the nose, it’s more likely that the child will enjoy — and maybe even love — the book and want to hear or read it again and again. The Reader’s Age The gaps in conversation were not because there was nothing to say but rather because there was too much to say." [with Doktor Weiss in hospital]

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One reviewer said that their toddler was already bored with the book because each cloud illustration looked so similar. A couple of verified buyers said it wasn’t Carle’s best book. Pros and Cons of Little Cloud by Eric Carle Pros

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has extended Luke Howard's classifications to make 10 main groups of clouds, called genera. These are divided into three levels - cloud low (CL), cloud medium (CM) and cloud high (CH) - according to the part of the atmosphere in which they are usually found. High clouds (CH) Tomie dePaola (1954 – 2020) was a renowned children’s book author and artist for nearly fifty years. There is next to no mention about Mexico, but Tatiana takes you on an interesting journey around Berlin, both in the present and the past and Tatiana almost lives in an imaginary world at times with her dreamy descriptions. There is little talking, mainly thinking from the point of view of Tatiana. In fact, Tatiana tells us several times how, in Berlin, she has become “a professional in lost time.” It is “impossible to account for all the hours.” She spends most of her days and nights alone and finds herself “needing other people less and less.” Aside from her part-time job as a transcriber for the elderly historian, “every day weighed more or less the same.” Except for the particular “nagging pitch” of Sundays, when she is reminded that “there’s solitude and then there’s loneliness,” none of this seems to trouble her. It isn’t as though she left Mexico for Germany in the first place to pursue to some burning ambition:

The author describes lots of references and metaphors to animals and birds which I enjoyed and many long descriptions of not much at all, but they added to the feeling of the book, a young woman on her own in Berlin, although she has no problems with being on her own, she does seek out occasionally some company. History plays a big part in the book, and Tatiana works for an eldely man where she transcribes his work. My favourite and most interesting part, the descriptions of the abandoned underground stations of Berlin and the part in the underground bowling alley during a visit there at night!!!!