Cloud Boy

Rhode Montijo. Cloud Boy. Simon & Schuster Books, 2006. ISBN
1-4169-0199-0 $12.95. Ages 3-6.

In the book Cloud Boy, Rhode Montijo creates a character for
preschoolers who seek inspiration and companionship. Simple yet
elegant artwork connected to a simple writing style allows
readers to focus on cloud boy’s creativity. Montijo only uses
three colors, yet still manages to use detail and texture quite
vividly. This fiction book is depicted in a cartoon like way,
and the expressions on “cloud boy’s” face explain his feelings
and allow the reader to wonder what is going to happen next.
Rhode Montijo also created a comic series called Pablo’s Inferno,
throughout which he uses a cartoon like manner. Montijo uses
his imagination creatively through his artwork and writing styles
by simply stating that using imagination can avoid loneliness.

Jessica Phillips, BGSU student