Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by: Judi Barrett
Illustrated by: Ron Barrett
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Aladdin; 1st edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0689707495
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 9.5 x 0.1 inches
Price: (without shipping) $6.99 USD as of the date of this posting
Where to buy: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com)

This, and the sequel, Pickles to Pittsburgh, are hard to classify. They are very fun books. The concept is a new one, for me anyway. In the town of Chewandswallow food comes from the sky. This is a great thing until the weather goes a little nuts and supersizes everything and the town takes such a beating that the townspeople flee. The story is told through the eyes of a brother and sister who are retelling the story first told to them by thier grandfather.

The illustrations are wonderful and have an old-fashioned look with fine detail done in ink and watercolor.

This is one, like Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel, that needs to be in the family library.

Message:
[Parents] Fun and witty a good lesson as to the power, however absurd, of nature.
[Kids] Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.

Content: 5/5
Illustrations: 5/5
Concept: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Price: 5/5