Look up in the sky and you'll see that each and every bit of cloud is telling us a different story, in addition to the spectacle you see right before your eyes.

We think that they are Nature's poetry, and the most egalitarian of her displays, since everyone can have a fantastic view of them. Wouldn’t it be useful to be able to come up with an accurate weather forecast simply by reading the clouds? The midnight visit to Berlin's monument to the murdered Jews of Europe where she reluctantly plays hide and seek with her date, is it a metaphor for today's Berlin.

A popular anthology of uplifting prose and poetry compiled exclusively for Rainbow Trust by Lady Glover. The story may ring true to anyone who has studied abroad, and certainly I now know more about the German transit system than I ever expected to know. And nothing that happens ever matters, and none of the imagery comes to anything, and none of it leads anywhere.

Approximate reading age: for reading aloud to children aged 6+; for children aged 8+ to read on their own. Jonas, who would fall in love with Tatiana if she would let him, is a freelance meteorologist, living up among the clouds on the 18th floor of a towerblock. On the other hand, if you’re looking to gift a book about clouds to a child, you’ll need to pick up something that’s more at their level. Tatiana’s most satisfying relationship is with the announcer’s automated voice in the S-Bahn: ”It was the announcer’s voice.

Some books really focus on educating you about cloud formations and also how they relate to the weather while other books give you a sense of reprieve from day-to-day life within four walls. I read in an interview that an earlier draft of this book had more of the Mexican backstory included, but was cut out from the final version. There was a spring to his utterances, a buoyancy packed and delivered in anticipating of every stop, and I would put away my book or newspaper and sit back and listen to the stations as they were rolled off, one by one, uninterrupted—that is, if other presences didn’t interfere, such as plainclothes ticket inspectors or junkie musicians, their pleas for attention like dark blood clots in the city’s circulation. But to get an idea of how the weather will develop for the precise spot where you’re standing (or walking, sailing, golfing, fishing, etc) you don’t need any equipment or a wifi connection – you just need to look up. I’m putting this book on our list because it has good information and I appreciate the fun facts on each page.