Sector 7 - By David Wiesner

Sector 7 was created and illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion Books New York. 1999). This book has no words, but tells a wonderful story. A class field trip brings a group of students to the Empire State building. They go to the viewing deck, but the sky is full of clouds and that is all they can see. A boy with a red hat starts to interact with one of the clouds. The clouds clear away and the sky becomes blue. The cloud takes the boy with him to sector 7, where clouds are made. The blueprints for the clouds are always the same, puffy shape. The boy draws some new clouds that look like interesting fish and an octopus. The clouds love it, but the the people that work there are not so happy. The boy is forced to leave and go back to the Empire State Building. The teacher calls the students because it is time to go. When they get to street level, people are pointing at the amazing clouds that the boy created.

This is what they see:
Amazon.com says the reading level is ages 4-8. There are no words, but the children need to be able to understand the concepts of what is happening in the story. It is a beautiful story. Somehow words would just take away from it. It is peaceful and full of imagination. I enjoyed it very much.

A mini-lesson after looking at this book would be to discuss clouds, the types of clouds, and how clouds are created. We could go outside and see if we can use our imaginations to see a cool shape in the clouds. We could do an art project where we create our own clouds.