Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
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Book Reviews of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Book Review: Amazing Children's Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
This book has been one of my favorite children's book since I was young. Today i find it as an inspiration that a book can stay with a child throughout their entire life.
Book Review: 2 ways to look at this book....
Summary: 3 Stars
My daughter (2) received this book as a gift for Christmas. We just read it for the first time today. I did not read this book as a child, so I was new to the story just as she was. I have read the other reviews (those who liked it and those who did not). I'm torn between both camps, but as I thought about it, I think there are 2 different perspectives and ways to rate this book:
1. From an adult's perspective: a creative, spur of the moment bedtime story told by grandpa based on a pancake that flew through the air at breakfast and landed on grandson's head; illustrations are nice, if you like pen and ink line art; story is a bit lacking in any plot "twist" but again, it's told as an off-the-cuff bedtime story just like any parent would make up for their own child; novel concept for a story; possibly gross feelings about people getting pelted with food from the sky that is to be eaten (never mind all the dirt/dust/etc. it comes in contact with on the way down).
2. from a child's perspective: how neat to have food falling from the sky, especially mashed potatoes and pancakes! A funny story because the topic is so silly and similar to other stories that might be told by grandparents; illustrations are comic-book like and fun to look at ....
I found myself liking the book from the child's perspective. I found myself not caring for the book much from the adult's perspective. My daughter sat through the story (she's only 2) and she enjoyed it!
So I gave this book a rating of 3 stars to average out my total rating (adult rating: 1 or 2; child rating: 4 or 5).
Book Review: Still so much fun
Summary: 5 Stars
I still enjoy reading this book. It brings back so many childhood memories. I picked up a copy recently to read to my children, they loved it.
I also recommend books by Beau Beaudoin. The Url Kingand Boetry
Book Review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Summary: 5 Stars
this purchase was a good value. the company gave excellent service and the book arrived quickly.Book Review: A funny story that had my daughter giggling
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is highly original and my daughter loved it. The premise is a silly one that often had her giggling. It is about the town of Chewandswallow, where all of their food comes from the sky. Not routine food, but a wide variety, and all at the right time. Sometimes it hails hamburgers, other times it rains soup and sometimes first it would hail toast followed by a rain of jelly. This is captured by the caption:
"For dinner one night there were lamb chops, becoming heavy at times, with occasional ketchup. Periods of peas and baked potatoes were followed by gradual clearing, with a wonderful Jello setting in the west."
Unfortunately, the weather control suddenly began to fail and the same food would fall all day and unappetizing combinations such as brussel sprouts with peanut butter and mayonnaise. This prompted the people to make boats out of the very large slices of stale bread and sail off to a land where they were required to purchase their food.
The story of Chewandswallow is contained within a tale of a loving Grandpa who cooks breakfast for the grandchildren and takes them sledding after a beautiful snowfall. Your young children will like this story.