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| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | 
 enlarge | Author: Judi Barrett
Creator: Ron Barrett
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 7.99
Buy Used: CDN$ 1.62
You Save: CDN$ 6.37 (80%)
New (16) Used (6) from CDN$ 1.62
Avg. Customer Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 389
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0689707495
EAN: 9780689707490
ASIN: 0689707495
Publication Date: April 1, 1982
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Condition: 100% Brand New!
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| Customer Reviews:
Wonderfully creative art and story! It sure beats raining cats and dogs! June 3, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is one of the most amusing kid's story I've ever read. The author must have had a double dose of imagination when she wrote this little gem. While I liked the old black-and-white illustrations, these new colored ones are simply awesome.
What sounds like a lot of fun to the kids in the town of Chewandswallow (food raining from the sky) actually turns out rather distrastrous! A hilarious, unforgettable adventure!
There's something to be said for the good ol' supermarket, after all.
But RFY (read for yourself)! I guarantee this book will "rain" smiles and laughs down on you. It certainly beats raining cats and dogs! I loooooooove it ... as do my grandchildren!
For kids of ALL ages, including grandparents and politicians!
Weather forecasting takes on a new meaning... December 22, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I came to review this book because out the hundreds of picture books I read as a child, this remains my favourite. I still love it! It is the kind of book you re-read to study the pictures in more detail. Children can easily add their own imagination to what kinds of food would fall from the sky. As a child, I was never sure that Chew-and-swallow did not exist somewhere in the world...
Tickles a child's sense of silliness! April 30, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a funny book with an imaginative concept--the people of the town CHEWANDSWALLOW eats what drops from the sky--orange juice rain, pancakes floating down, hamburgers on a stormy day. The climate goes awry and the people set sail on stale bread boats to move to a world where food is bought in the supermarket. The illustrations are very funny, moving from line drawings in black and white to lovely colored illustrations as the fantasy story begins. This story appeals to a wide range of ages, from 3 to 7 or 8. The text would be challenging for a first grade reader but the concept appeals to pre-schoolers as well as older kids.
666 STARS!!! A FAVORITE BOOK FROM MY CHILDHOOD February 20, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i GENRALLY GIVE RATINGS OF 666 STARS TO MY FAVORITE ALBUMS (MOST OF THEM BEING METAL I FIND IT APPROPRIATE) BUT FOR THIS BOOK I MUST MAKE IT PAINFULLY APPARENT THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF FICTION AND ILLUSTRAION EVER PLACED BETWEEN A FRONT AND BACK COVER.
A GRANDFATHER TELLS HIS GRANDCHILDREN THE STORY OF THE ILLFATED TOWN OF CHEWANDSWALLOW, LOCATED IN A REIGION WITH SOME BIZZARRE WEATHER. HALF THE BOOK SHOWS THE TOWN THRIVING, WITH IT'S RROFLESS RESTAURANTS AND PIE IN THE SKY COMING DOWN. THE LATTER HALF IS THE DOWNFALL OF CHEWANDSWALLOW, WHERE PANDEMONIUM IS THE FORECAST AND A RAIN OF TERROR AND PEASOUP FOG, DRIVES IT'S RESIDENTS FAR AWAY ON BOATS OF BREAD.
THE STORY ITSELF IS PURE GENIUS AND THE ILLUSTRAIONS ARE LIKE NO OTHER BOOK I CAN RECALL. IM GOING TO GO TO MY PARENTS HOUSE TONIGHT AND FIND IT.
This is STILL my favorite book February 14, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
No other words than BUY this book are necessary here. I am now a mom of 2 wonderful kids and to this day, this is still my favorite book. It is wonderful for children and also teaches valuable lessons.
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