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The Cloud Who Wanted to Nap

Mira Solano

The Cloud Who Wanted to Nap

by Mira Solano

Ages 0–2 4.8BedtimeWeatherRhymes

Nimbus is a very tired cloud looking for the softest spot in the whole sky.

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Age
Ages 0–2
Pages
18

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The Cloud Who Wanted to Nap

Mira Solano

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

Meet the characters

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NimbusA very sleepy cloud
Did you know?She turns pink when she yawns, so sunsets are really just naps starting.
Round HillThe softest bed around
Did you know?Shaped exactly like a pillow, and never in a hurry.

Talk about it together

Conversation starters for after the last page.

1Tap to reveal
Where is the coziest place you know?
2Tap to reveal
What does a cloud dream about?
3Tap to reveal
Can you say the rhyme in a whisper?

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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