Simon is always tardy for class. His teacher, Miss Poe, told him if he was ever tardy again she would "bludgeon" Simon with a phonebook. One day Simon and his cat Jack were walking to school and they were going to be late again. A student tattles to Miss Poe that Simon is late and Simon and Jack run to the school roof in order to avoid Miss Poe. On the roof, they find a door and stairs that lead to the sky. They climb all the way to the top until they reach the sky. It starts to rain in the sky and Simon and Jack find a cloud that is crying. The cloud was sad because it cold not fly. Simon and Jack tell the cloud that it could fly by propelling itself around and around. The cloud tried it and it works! This is the beginning of their big adventure.
This graphic novel is written in comic book form and it shows children that all of their writing does not have to be in paragraphs. In the book, the author tells a complete story with bold pictures and word clouds. I was very fascinated with this book and I could use this in my classroom to teach children how to write comic strips.
