THE POLICE CLOUD
By Christoph Niemann
Published by Schwartz and Wade, New York

THE BOOK

In this funny and tender picture book for the youngest child, a fluffy cloud gets a job (with the help of his friend the police helicopter) as a police officer. But no matter how hard the cloud tries, the qualities that make him a cloud seem to get in the way of his duties.

He blocks the sun at the park instead of helping people and obscures traffic at an intersection instead of directing it.
Upset, the cloud starts to cry. And it's his streaming tears—which inadvertently put out a fire in a burning building—that lead him to his true calling in life: as a firefighter!

THE AUTHOR

Christoph Niemann's illustrations have frequently appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and Businessweek. The Police Cloud is Niemann's first picture book. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Lisa and their two children Arthur and Gustav.