This book was a nice read. It had cute illustrations and the story line was well portrayed through the characters. It tells the story of a little black cloud and how it goes from being sad to happy with the help of a bird. Wonderful book and I recommend it for children who are learning about emotions.

Thank you to Netgalley and Karen Brough for letting me receive a digital copy to review.

Being a child is hard, especially when you have so many emotions with no way to properly express them no matter how hard you try. The Tale of The Little Black Cloud by Karen Brough helps children learn the tools helpful in the process of expressing one's self, even if those feelings aren't necessarily the brightest or most positive. A very great lesson for parents to teach to their kids with lovely illustrations to hold little attentions.

Thank you, Karen Brough and NetGalley for the early preview of this Children’s picture book.

Title: The Tale of the Little Black Cloud
Author: Karen Brough
Brief Description: A short picture book that tells the tale of a little black cloud dealing with some heavy feelings. But, the little black cloud finds that a friend helps lift them from their low place.

Review: This book is a great way to show kids in a story that having heavy feelings are normal and okay. Sharing feelings with a friend can help lift that heavy load and make you feel better. When I was reading this, I was happy to think of this book as an addition I want to make to my son’s little library.

I believe this book is appropriate for children above the age of 2. It has beautiful and simple art on each page that draws attention to a focal point of the story. The story carefully rhymes, but doesn’t leave you feeling tongue-twisted with wordiness.

The Tale of The Little Black Cloud is about a cloud and his duck friend. The cloud is having lots of big feelings and the duck helps it to understand that big feelings are okay and there are ways to work through them, sometimes with the help of a friend. This would be a helpful SEL book for kiddos. The rhyme scheme makes the content easy to absorb and the illustrations are very soft.

Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.

This precious short tale brought weeping for both sadness and joy, as author and illustrator combine talents to incite inspiration for those moments all humans undergo: be it due to loneliness, grief, heartbreak, illness, betrayal, loss. Before the tale is finished, the reader feels both enlightened and uplifted. A special little tale this is, indeed!

How Sweet! This is a wonderful children's book that can help little ones to not be afraid of their emotions. I enjoyed this and think it would be a good book for children.

A gentle read with a meaningful message.

With rhyming couplets and simple text the story is beautifully enhanced and lifted further by colourful and expressive illustrations. With memorable characters in the little cloud and his new found friend.

It was inspired by the author’s own illness and time spent away from loved ones. A visual metaphor of feelings that translates wonderfully into a children’s story. The author has empathy and understanding which breathes life into her words written from her heart.

I loved the idea of collecting tears in a bottle; almost a counter intuition suggestion against bottling up your emotions. It is good to cry but so much better to cry on a friend’s shoulder and feel a warm embrace and know you are safe.

While I may have fallen back upon cliches and expected language this is in contrast to the actual story in this little book. It is a journey with hope and encouragement, informative, engaging and an enduring hope.

My grandchild love the story and looking at the simple drawings, finding the odd heart within some pictures. But we all need to be reminded it is normal to experience low times and periods of sadness. Sadly within friends and family we sometimes forget the range of emotions and it is good to have a book to help us reflect and share simple truths within everyone’s grasp. Perhaps we all need helping hands and arms to hug and appreciate loved ones.