Advantages: Great illustrations, develops children's imaginations. Disadvantages: None
'Little Cloud' is one of the less well known Eric Carle books in comparison to the 'The very hungry caterpillar' and 'The bad-tempered ladybird'. It is nonetheless, definitely worth a mention as it is a charming book, well loved by the children I have read it to.
~ The Story ~
It's about a little cloud who drifts along in the sky behind all of the other larger clouds which eventually move out of it's sight.
The little cloud who now feels like a giant cloud as it isn't being 'dwarfed' by all of the larger ones, drifts along and changes itself in to many things: a sheep, an aeroplane, a shark, a rabbit etc.
On each change of shape a reason is given for the little cloud changing in to it's chosen object, e.g. it loved to watch rabbits dash across the meadow & it liked the way trees never moved and stayed in one place ...
Advantages: Robust, Inexpensive, Protected screen, Easy to use Disadvantages: Clip too tight, Buttons a bit small and fiddly
walks, such as walking into the town centre instead of catching the bus, visiting local country parks or taking a trip out to the coast. Other potential source of extra steps gradually presented themselves: using the stairs instead of taking the lift, parking at the far end of car parks, getting off buses a couple of stops early and walking the rest of the way. After two months of daily use, my pedometer is still working and my daily step rate has increased to around 7,500 steps a day over the course of an average week. The Stormlite pedometer is not completely accurate - I have noticed that you need to make quite firm steps for it to register a count, and it particularly struggles on soft surfaces such as thick carpet or sandy beaches - but it has demonstrated a definite increase in my activity levels since I have started wearing it. It fact ...
Advantages: a beautiful, amazing and subtle book. Disadvantages: david mitchell's style can be an aquired taste.
Having read David Mitchell's previous books Ghostwritten and Number9Dream, I was very excited when Cloud Atlas arrived, and I was not disapointed. Some people say that it is disjointed but I actually think that is it the very opposite. It is, in effect, a collection of short stories, all interlinked, that give an incredibly rich novel by the end, and I believe that these stories flow quite seemlessly into one another.
There are definately stories within the book that I prefer, but when you re-read the book you notice things that you didn't the first time round - links that you missed for example, and my favourite stories tend to change with each reading.
If you are looking for a book that is a little out of the ordinary then I would definately recommend this. It is great to read on the train, or on holiday. I have recommended it to ...
Product Information for "Stormlite Rolling Clouds 500" »
Product details
Long Name
Rolling Clouds 500
Genre
Camping Equipment
Type
Sleeping Bags
Manufacturer
Stormlite
Manufacturer's product description
The Rolling Clouds 500 is the ideal hill walkers bag, with 500g of white duck down providing superior insulation with reduced weight and a strong abrasion resistant outer.
· Water resistant ripstop nylon outer
· Full length YKK zip with anti snag lining with baffle and a tab to hold the zip in place while giving you full ventilation control
· Drawcord hood with neck baffle for added insulation
· Down insulation provides greater active temperature range
· ECF (enhanced comfort footbox) provides an angular space for the feet to enhance comfort
· Small packsize and low weight, ideal for travel use
· Hanging tabs for effortless airation and drying
· Supplied with oxford nylon compression stuffsack and storage bag
