Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1978)

by Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illustrator)

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Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

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Grade Level: 2nd-3rd
Awards: New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year

Aubreyrdavis | Apr 26, 2023 |

Genre
Humorous stories
Page to screen
Picture books for children
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Food
Grandfathers
Imaginary places
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kmgerbig | Apr 5, 2023 |

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Independent Reading Level: Kindergarten to 3rd Grade
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Oddly prescient about climate change and climate refugees, this ultimate celebration of the five-second rule is just too goofy for me. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Judi Barrett	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Barrett, Ron	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Terheyden, Linda	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Complete Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; Pickles to Pittsburgh by Judi Barrett

You Read to Me & I'll Read to You: Stories to Share from the 20th Century by Janet Schulman

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [2009 film] by Phil Lord

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 [2013 film] by Cody Cameron

Grandpa's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Cookbook by Judi Barrett

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013 | IMDb)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017 | TV | IMDb)

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0293 | 2009, Ages 5↑)

NE Golden Sower Award (Primary Award winner, 1983)

Georgia Children's Book Award (1984.1 | Picturebook, 1983-1984)

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We were all sitting around the big kitchen table.

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Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

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"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" is a story that allows children to use their imagination. In a town one day, food is falling from the sky. Sounds like heaven, no? Well, while others may enjoy the free falling food, not every one is so happy. To see how the town reacts to this phenomenon and what food exactly falls from the sky, children must read and find out.

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