Monday, January 7, 2013

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

Can you imagine a place where ready to eat food falls from the sky?  All the houses have open roofs to let in the food, and it rains/snows three times a day.  It's a pretty great setup until the whether goes haywire and destroys the town (school was canceled when a ginormous pancake covered it).

Audience:
I loved it in 1st grade and I could picture some kids in kindergarten loving it.

Why I Love It:
I think the setting and the artwork are enchanting.  You can feel the differences in the season and time of day though the pictures.
I like the idea of ready-made food falling from the sky.

Cautions:
I liked the movie, but this is nothing like it.  We don't get to know anyone in Chewandswallow and there is no machine making it happen.  The book has a much more fairy tale feel to it.

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