When Cloud Became a Cloud

　　小雲：「哈囉，我是小雲，是天空中的一朵雲！平常享受被風吹著輕鬆飄浮、也喜愛看著雪花片片飄落，更是期待每次歡聲雷動的國際雲朵大派對！還想更了解我嗎？快跟上我輕飄飄的步伐，讓你看看更多不一樣的我！」

　　「雲朵是如何形成的？」
　　「天空為什麼會打雷？」
　　「霧跟雲有什麼不一樣嗎？」
　　「彩虹怎麼總是緊接在下雨之後呢？」

　　好多好多天氣的問題，讓小雲帶你找到答案！

　　本書包含簡潔又有趣的九個章節，囊括了日常生活常見的天氣成因。跟隨有著一雙晶亮大眼的小雲飄浮世界各地，在不同樣態的轉換中，輕鬆認識複雜的氣象科學：霧氣、雪花還有雷陣雨，都是小雲生命歷程的珍貴點滴！

本書特色
【將大自然現象擬人化，以孩子玩伴的角度緩緩訴說天氣的故事。】
　　本書作者羅伯．哈吉森將自然現象擬人呈現，化身為一朵名叫「小雲」的雲朵。小雲喜歡旅遊、愛交朋友；擁有快樂的情緒、也有苦不堪言快爆炸的時候，這樣的一朵雲就如同孩子身邊的玩伴，親切又熟悉的帶領孩子以雲朵視角出發，彷彿乘上一朵雲，隨之飄浮、下沉：一會兒寒冷結冰降下雪花、一會兒環繞山間形成濃霧，偶爾還被小水滴塞滿，索性來一場歡聲雷動的大暴雨！

【童趣生動的文圖相輔相成，專為幼兒打造的大氣科學啟蒙繪本。】
　　作者羅伯．哈吉森創作圖像活潑明亮、色彩飽滿，搭配得宜的幽默文字，總帶給讀者們「被逗樂」的閱讀感受。本書延續作者一貫童趣盎然的風格，將水循環現象圖像化，一改科普書上課般的口吻，以最靠近幼兒的方式，不疾不徐引領低幼孩童踏出認識氣象科學的第一步。

【囊括日常生活中較常見的九種天氣成因，與幼兒生活緊緊相扣。】
　　幼兒園、小學教學課綱核心皆強調學習與生活結合之重要性，此書帶領幼兒探索常見的天氣型態，藉由繪本觸發幼兒對生活的感知能力，期盼小讀者們走出家門的同時，能夠抬頭觀察雲朵的樣態，想著：「哇——今天的小雲又亮又白，是個晴朗的一天呢！」


　　——中文書介摘錄自《小雲的飄浮日記》，三民出版

　　Meet Cloud! Follow along as she moves, transforms, precipitates, and more in this charming and humorous portrayal of the water cycle.

　　The lifecycle of our protagonist, Cloud, is delightfully and sparsely narrated in nine short chapters that follow the stages of the water cycle. Young readers will immediately fall for this wide-eyed puff, and welcome facts along with humor and personality as they bask in the accomplishment of breezing through each chapter.

Rob Hodgson was born in a seaside town in the south of England in 1988. He studied illustration at Plymouth University. Today he lives in Bristol where he spends his days making a mess and turning it into quality illustration projects and books. He cites Yoko Ono, Ed Templeton, and Arthur Russell among his influences. Working with traditional and lo-fi techniques such as block printing and wood cut, along with digital processes, Rob combines old and new approaches to create his work. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and his first author/illustrated book, The Cave, was chosen by Book Trust to be given free to every preschool-aged child in England. Some interests include animals, skateboards, the psychology of perception, and collecting strange toys.