Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

One of my all time favorites!

2008-04-15
I loved this book as a kid and now own it and read it to my kids. I love everything about it (the pictures and the story).

Seriously ? Five Stars ?

2008-03-08
I can't believe this book has 5 stars. . I'm so confused. I bought this book for my kids for Christmas after reading the rave reviews...and I can't express how completely disappointed I am. Rather than being "whimsical" the book was more "disturbing" with a touch of "nauseating". After I read this book to my six year old she offered to take it to her school and donate it to the school library. . . that oughta tell you something.

Great Book!

2008-03-06
This is an all around great book! We have loved reading this book over and over. It brings a smile to your face and lifts you up! As authors ourselves, it is inspirational to see books written by other authors.
Darla, Sydney and Jimmy Batchler

Loved it Then and Now

2008-02-13
This book is my proclaimed favorite book of all my childhood. I read this book so much that I had to buy a replacement for it when I was 18 because the original was falling apart. I cannot wait for the birth of my daughter so I can read to her about the silly story of a town that receives its food from the sky until the weather makes a turn for the worse. The pictures still crack me up, and the detail is quite nice. As I grew older I searched for different foods and hidden details in the illustrations. I always liked the length of this book, because most bedtime stories seemed too short for me. I grew up an avid reader from a family with little time or money to keep me occupied, getting my amusement from books.

Amazing Children's Book

2008-02-04
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.

2 ways to look at this book....

2008-02-04
If food dropped like rain from the sky, wouldn't it be marvelous! Or would it? It could, after all, be messy. And you'd have no choice. What if you didn't like what fell? Or what if too much came? Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be squashed flat by a pancake?

Still so much fun

2008-01-29
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

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

2008-01-20
this purchase was a good value. the company gave excellent service and the book arrived quickly.

A funny story that had my daughter giggling

2008-01-18
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.

Family Story Time Favorite

2008-01-15
This book strikes a chord with kids and adults alike. Everyone loves food and the thought of it raining down from the sky? Divine.