10/3/07

Sector 7


Author: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication Date: 1999
Age: Gr. K-3
Genre: Wordless Picture book
Awards: Caldecott Honor

Overview: A boy visits the Empire State building on a cloudy day. He makes friends with one of the clouds and is whisked off to Sector 7, a cloud making factory. The boy and the clouds design an aquarium of fish shapes. The Sector 7 officials send the boy back to land and destroy the designs. When the boy gets back on land, he finds that the clouds have morphed themselves into the fish designs.

Activity: Draw your own wordless story. Be sure to make each picture clear and easy to follow.

Reviewers Name: Sarah Bademan