Leona, a little Choctaw girl, uses the sky as a canvas and the clouds as paint. When a traveling man learns of her gift and invites her to join the carnival, the Cloud Artist must make a decision about what kind of artist she wants to be.
For ages 4-9 / Grades PK-4.
Finalist 2018 Oklahoma Book Award
Finalist 2018/2019 First Nation Communities Read
Finalist 2017 Writers’ League of Texas Book Award. | Seattle Art Museum: Jeffrey Gibson Reading Room-Recommended Exhibit Reading List.
Midwest Book Review: The Cloud Artist is “recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections.”
Diverse Book Finder: “Here Now: Picture Books Portraying Contemporary Native Life, Part 2.”
School Library Journal: Native Voices.
Wonderful New Diverse Picture Books for Native American Heritage Month. | We are Honored to share this Native story with you. |
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