Clara the Hungry Cloud

Far above a sandy desert where lizards nap, a small cloud named Clara is very, very hungry. She floats over cracked earth and snowy peaks, where she sips from melting ice. She drifts through quiet forests, drinking the wisps trees breathe up just for her. She follows a winding river, glittering lakes, and even a shiny reservoir made by people. With every drop, Clara grows bigger. Heavier. Full of energy. Until her hunger turns to thunder - and finally, gloriously, breaks open as rain over wheat fields and tiny seeds below. Clara the Hungry Cloud is a warm, watercolor-soaked picture book journey through the water cycle - and a quiet earth-science lesson hiding inside a story. Young readers travel with Clara through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, meet real concepts like transpiration and hydrogen bonding, and discover what happens to a hungry cloud when she finally finds what she's been searching for. Perfect for: - Curious kids ages 3-7 who ask where clouds come from - Early-elementary classroom read-alouds and library shelves - Parents and teachers building gentle STEM and weather units >With dreamy hand-illustrated art and a story that ends in a rainbow, Clara the Hungry Cloud is a tender little book about how everything in the natural world connects - and about finding nourishment in unexpected places. For every little dreamer who's ever wondered where clouds come from, and where they go.