Books with title Cloud

Life's short. Enjoy it.This is the slogan of Leata, the wonder-drug that sixteen-year-old Hope has been taking since she was a child, just like the rest of her family. Well, the rest of the country really. For who would choose not to take it - a perfectly safe little pill that just helps 'take the edge off' life. Because everyone can do with a little help staying happy sometimes . . . Especially Hope, whose life is maybe not as perfect as she likes to make out on her blog. Tom's never taken Leata. Why would he? His family are happy as they are. At least they were, until the sudden death of his journalist father. The police are unequivocal: his dad killed himself. But Tom just can't believe it. Consumed by grief, he obsessively begins to unravel the trail that leads to his dad's final news story.And Hope is there to help. As a Leata-backed blogger, Hope wants to steer Tom into 'positive living'. Instead, her efforts take them down a path she could never have expected - into the murky underworld that lies beneath the surface of the 'happy' drug everyone wants to love . . . and the secrets it will kill to hide.

Climb into Beatrice, the delightful hot-air balloon, and fly with Lucinda among the captivating clouds. Smell them, touch them, stick out your tongue and taste them. Clouds are as magical as you dreamed they'd be. Then come on adventures with Lucinda as she learns from her grandmother, her Mimi, to sing while she efficiently cleans house. She also learns to sew a glamorous scarf, stir up a stunning stew, grow a gracious garden, arrange the beautiful flowers she gathers, and paint quiet country lanes on a canvas by the window. She learns lessons of economy and plenty. Her Mimi teaches her of faith and goodness. She teaches her to be true. And Mimi teaches Lucinda that to leave this world is a transition that is not to be feared. Take your child on their dazzling journey with Mirabelle Butterfield's lyrical, poetic prose and Irena Sophia's bright and brilliant illustrations. Take your child on Lucinda and Mimi's journey, and allow your child to absorb Mimi's important lessons, too. Fly among the clouds, and then land on a cloud, in this tender and charming book about the rich relationship between a girl and her remarkable grandmother.