REVIEW - CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

This book is for 4 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(133/200)
Just For Fun Challenge(September)
52 Books in 52 Weeks(Wk.36)
Fill in the Gaps Project

"Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett
Product Description(Amazon.com)
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch and dinner.
But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers.
Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. the town was a mess and the people feared for their lives.
Something had to be done, and in a hurry.
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (August 1, 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0689306474
ISBN-13: 978-0689306471

MY THOUGHTS: I've been wanting to read this book for ages. I read a review somewhere and it sounded so cute. Grandpa, a dog and pancakes starts all this. Grandpa is fixing pancakes and the dog comes running through the room, upsetting Grandpa. The pancake fly's through the air and lands on his head. Later that night, at bedtime, Grandpa tells them a tall tale about Chewandswallow. It doesn't rain or snow, it comes down as food. But one day the weather gets really strange and starts sending enormous amounts of food and the food is larger. All the people make a boat out of the peanut butter sandwiches and sail away to another town.
This book has some wonderful drawings done by Ron Barriett. Children would love this book as it's full of imagination. If you have children you should read this book to them. It wonderful!

MY RATING: 5