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  • Published: 3 October 2022
  • ISBN: 9780735267282
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $45.00

Kumo

The Bashful Cloud




The uplifting journey of a bashful cloud ("kumo" in Japanese) who discovers the rewards of feeling seen.

Kumo is a cloud whose only wish is to float unseen. When she’s assigned cloud duty for the day, she feels overwhelmed by self-doubt and her fear of being noticed. But after learning that closing your eyes isn’t a good solution to your troubles, Kumo pulls her fluff together and does her duties — drifting, releasing rain and providing shelter — meeting some new friends along the way and inspiring the imagination (and capturing the heart) of a small daydreamer like her. 
 
Kyo Maclear’s sweetly humorous and lyrical parable about shyness, vividly brought to life by Nathalie Dion’s ethereal illustrations, is an affirmation of the pleasures of community and the confidence that can arise from friendship and visibility.

  • Published: 3 October 2022
  • ISBN: 9780735267282
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Kyo Maclear

KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and children's author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages and published in over twenty-five countries. She is the author of the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017), winner of the Trillium Book Award. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.

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Praise for Kumo

PRAISE FOR Story Boat WRITTEN BY KYO MACLEAR:

  • One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of the Year
  • One of NPR’s 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers
  • A USBBY Outstanding International Book
  • One of CCBC’s Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2020
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