Lizzy and the Cloud
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- ¥1,200
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- ¥1,200
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Lizzy and the Cloud is the whimsical and sweet tale of a young girl who cares for her pet cloud as it grows.
From the creators of the critically acclaimed The Night Gardener and Ocean Meets Sky comes this delicately illustrated picture book all about letting things go when we need to.
It’s a little out of fashion to buy a pet cloud, but Lizzy doesn’t mind. She’s not looking for a big one or a fancy one, just one that’s right for her. And she finds it in Milo.
She loves her new pet and includes him in all her fun activities. Soon, she’s taking Milo out on walks with her family, watering Milo right on schedule and seeing Milo grow and grow.
But what happens when Milo gets too big for Lizzy to handle? What about when he storms across the skies and Lizzy can do nothing about it? Or when he’s uncomfortable in Lizzy’s small bedroom?
This is the story all about the power of letting go of what we love when the time is right. It teaches kids the value of making important decisions even when they are difficult. This charming story with beautiful illustrations from the exceptionally talented Fan brothers will enchant readers young and old alike, teaching children an unpredictable journey of growth and loving something enough to set it free.
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Lizzy, a thoughtful light-skinned child with a mass of curly hair, lives with her parents on a previous era's city street, where zeppelins hover and pigeons flock and oranges cost a penny. Even though "clouds were a bit out of fashion," one Saturday at the park, Lizzy buys a cloud on a string from the umbrella-hatted Cloud Seller, who offers a range of puffy mists in various sizes and shapes. Lizzy names the cloud Milo, and tends it carefully, following the instructions in a single-page manual: watering it daily, walking it, and letting it soar out the window on its string. But Milo grows and grows, and it's not long before a thunderstorm in Lizzy's room nudges her toward the realization that Milo can't remain pent-up; soon, she frees it with an air of quiet accomplishment. In delicate gray shading and faded colors, the Fan Brothers' (It Fell from the Sky) dreamy, alternative world offers a vision of a different kind of pet, a being that obligingly rains on Lizzy's plants (a small, faint rainbow hovering just beneath it), alongside an understated meditation on change and letting go. Ages 4–8.
