Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers: AWARENESS TOUR: A Cloud in a Jar by Aaron Lewis Krol, Illustrated by Carlos Vélez Aguilera

Ahoy there mateys!

Welcome aboard today's grand adventure as we set sail with The Children's Book Review for their latest AWARENESS TOUR featuring a new release via Page Street Kids! It's a storybook that begs the reader to think on their feet, act in the moment, and navigate with their heart...but I'm getting ahead of myself. Steer thyself into port, and put down your anchor, as we welcome today's blog tour guest and ebook of choice...

A Cloud in a Jar

Aaron Lewis Krol

Illustrated by

Carlos Vélez Aguilera

9781645679936

Pages Street Kids

About the book...

It’s just after midnight on Walton Wharf West, but there’s no time for sleeping―adventure awaits! Get dressed, grab your oars, let’s not delay. Lou Dozens is here, and we’re sailing to Firelight Bay!

In this modern, young, bold, and inventive adventure, Lou drags her more cautious friend on a daring voyage across the sea. Though their destination is a glorious land of year-round summers, long slides, and picnics a hundred yards wide, the children there have never seen rain, even once.

The mission is simple: bring Firelight Bay a cloud in a jar. But the journey is anything but. Readers will delight in the story’s twists, turns, and unexpected solutions―from a sail of patchwork handkerchiefs to a net crafted from recycled cell phone chargers that saves a beached whale. It’ll take every knick-knack in Lou’s pockets and all the cleverness the pair can muster to safely deliver their gift.

With captivating illustrations and whimsical yet delightfully intricate rhyming text reminiscent of classic children’s poetry, this seafaring quest is one young readers will not soon forget.

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There now, we have the introductions completed, and we can get back to what I was saying! 😋 This is a book that begs the reader to think on their feet, act in the moment, and navigate with their heart. The kiddos sailing the high seas aim to bring something to a land that it's never seen before...a cloud and all its possibilities to a sunny-every-day sort of place called Firelight Bay. Living a life without a cloud in the sky, a thunderbolt to jump from, or a lightning strike to be startled by, sounds like the lap of luxury to those of us that seem to deal with those options more often than the sunny ones, BUT the variety keeps things interesting, and, let's face it, it's good for the environment whether we admit it or not. The kiddos navigating through this course to their self-projected "X" that marks the spot have challenges ahead, but with a clear head about them, and their creativity flying free, they'll have no problem making their thoughtful gift a reality.

Little ones will get lost in the adventure, no doubt about it, and the colorful illustrations throughout just stoke the imagination like tinder to a campfire. Little bit older readers will enjoy the chance to partake in the adventure and see things from a new angle, such as the makeshift net to help the whale friend in need. Anything that sparks creative thinking is a welcome addition in my book because it takes all sorts of ideas to make this world go round! Adult readers will gravitate towards the writing style, while enjoying the imagery that goes along with what they are reading aloud...assuming you ARE reading it aloud because yeah, it's that sort of book!

A great adventure for readers of all ages, and a great addition to story time, bed time, or really any time, because there's no bad time for a dose of creativity.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Aaron Lewis Krol lives with his family in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he writes about climate change science and solutions for the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. Like many, his early education included many “invention challenges” where students were tasked with building structures from everyday materials, and he’s pretty sure that’s where the idea for Lou Dozens came from. A Cloud in a Jar is his first picture book.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Carlos Vélez Aguilera lived in the oceanside town of Puerto Vallarta for a time and drew from his memory of those beautiful landscapes and the sense of adventure they gave him while illustrating this book. He also poured in his general love of clouds, the sea, and whales. In addition to drawing, Carlos also likes to dance. He lives in Mexico City, Mexico, with his cat, Benito.

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Special thanks to Bianca at The Children's Book Review for the chance to bring this tour to you and for the ecopy for review. (THANKS!) This post is sponsored by Page Street Kids. The review and opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal view. For more information on this title, the author, the illustrator, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of the stops on the tour for more bookish fun!

TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, October 2, 2023

The Children’s Book Review

A Cloud in a Jar Book Tour Kick-Off

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

The Fairview Review

Book Review of A Cloud in a Jar

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Life Is What It’s Called

Author Interview with Aaron Lewis Krol

Thursday, October 5, 2023

A Blue Box Full of Books