Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book)
Anyone Can Read This, All Will Enjoy It.
In another wondrous, wordless picture book by Caldecott Medal winner
David Wiesner (Tuesday and June 29, 1999), a class visiting the Empire
State Building finds complete cloud cover and no visibility. One boy makes
friends with a cloud (identifiable in the mists by the red mittens, hat, and
scarf and swipes from the boy), and goes AWOL on a wonderful
adventure. The cloud whisks him away to the Sector 7 floating cloud
factory, a bizarre sky station that looks like a Victorian design for a
submarine. Hiding behind his new cumulonimbus friend, the boy enters
an area resembling Grand Central Station (complete with Arrivals and
Departures boards) and watches officious human types in uniform giving
the clouds their weather assignments. When the clouds complain to the
boy that their assigned shapes are boring, he, a talented artist, creates
new blueprints for them. The stuffy grownups are furious when clouds
start emerging in the shape of fantastic fish; they shout at the clouds, tear
up the new designs, and escort the boy back to his school group. But the
revolt of the clouds is unstoppable now, and in the last few pages the

skies over Manhattan suddenly get a lot more interesting. (Click to see a
sample spread. Copyright 1999 by David Wiesner. With permission of
Clarion Books.) (Ages 2 to 8) --Richard Farr
Personal Review: Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book)
There is really no reason for me to review this book with 30 other reviews
already here. I will just state that I loved it. I "read" it to my 4 year old and
he wanted to read it again right away. If you look at each picture carefully
and discuss with a young child what is going on before you turn the page,
they will love it. And if they are like my boy, they will then read it when
they are alone. I went to see him that night up in his room and he wanted
to read it to me. We sat there while he described each picture and the
story in surprising detail. I really think this is a great book with fantastic
illustrations and a wonderful story. The author is brilliant.
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