The Cloud Who Wanted to Nap
The Cloud Who Wanted to Nap
by Mira Solano
Nimbus is a very tired cloud looking for the softest spot in the whole sky.
- Age
- Ages 0–2
- Pages
- 18
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The Cloud Who Wanted to Nap
Once upon a time…
Yawn, said the cloud, and the sky went pink. The sun was setting low, and it painted the edges of the sky with rose and peach and gold. Nimbus was the softest, fluffiest cloud in the whole wide sky, and she was very, very tired. She had been floating all day long. Yawn, said the cloud. She was ready for a nap.
Page 1
Hush, said the wind, and the stars went blink. One by one, the little stars opened their eyes and twinkled in the deepening blue. The wind blew softly through the sky and whispered a gentle lullaby to the treetops. Hush, hush, hush. Can you whisper hush, hush? The whole world was getting sleepy, and Nimbus was the sleepiest of all.
Page 2
Nimbus drifted over the hills, looking for a bed. Slowly, slowly, she floated past the little green valleys and the winding silver river. She peeked down at the houses with their yellow windows. She looked left and she looked right. Where could a very tired cloud lie down and rest her fluffy head? Where would be soft enough?
Page 3
Not the mountain, too pointy. Poke, poke, poke, went the peak, and Nimbus shook her head. Not the sea, too splashy. Splash, splash, splash, went the waves, and Nimbus shook her head again. Not the city, too bright and too loud. Nimbus sighed a long, sleepy sigh, and she drifted on, and on, and on.
Page 4
…and then?
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Story mood
Is it a wind-down book, or a wake-up book?
- SleepySnooze-ready
- SillySerious
- BraveCozy
- CuriousFamiliar
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Conversation starters for after the last page.
Try this at home
Cloud in a jar
Fill a jar with warm water, add a squirt of shaving foam on top, then drip blue food coloring. Watch the cloud rain, softly.
What your child will take away
- ✓Rhymes and rhythm
- ✓Weather words
- ✓Winding down for sleep
About the author
Mira Solano
Writes gentle bedtime stories from a treehouse studio, always with a night-light nearby.
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