A mystery book for young children presents a continuously changing white shape silhouetted against a blue background that challenges them to guess what it is. On board pages.

"Next Time You See a Cloud explains the science behind clouds in a way young children can understand. The book also includes activities and additional resources, as well as color photographs"--

Describes clouds, how they form, and how they affect the weather.

A lonely little cloud boy uses his imagination to overcome his loneliness.

Rhyming text invites the reader to muse on the origin and nature of clouds.

"Clouds contribute to the environment in many ways. Clouds, through a variety of physical processes acting over many spatial scales, provide both liquid and solid forms of precipitation and nature's only significant source of fresh water. Under extreme circumstances, however, clouds and precipitation may not form at all, leading to prolonged droughts in some regions. At other times and places, too much rain or snow falls, giving rise to devastating...

"A young girl named Lizzy buys a cloud and keeps it as a pet--until the day it grows too big for her to handle"--