In fact, the weather for the next day is forecasted on the television. There is not a day that the residents need to go grocery shopping. He tells about a small town, Chewandswallow, whose weather conditions consist of the town’s meals for the day. His story takes the children for a wild adventure. This is when he makes up a bedtime story to his grandchildren which is a tall-tale. It tells of a family having breakfast then leads to the grandfather tucking his grandchildren into bed at night. The residents of Chewandswallow, a small town with extremely unusual weather patterns, carry their plates, cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, and napkins because they never knew what kind of "weather" they were going to encounter.Ĭloudy With a Chance of Meatballs begins as an ordinary day, being the ‘reality’ aspect of the novel. Food actually falls from the sky three times a day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It starts off as any other regular day, the family sitting down for breakfast, but turns into this magical world outside of that. The book changes from reality to fantasy. Children have the chance to imagine what a town like Chewandswallow would be like to live in.
It brings humor, fantasy, and imagination into classrooms throughout. Children all over the world have become familiar with this book. It has sold over three million copies since its publication in 1982. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett and Illustrated by Ron Barrett is a well known children's storybook.
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