The Tasty Tale of Chewandswallow (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) [Paperback]

Rick Barba (Author), Justin Thompson (Illustrator), Pete Oswald (Illustrator), Andy Bialk (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Flint Lockwood is an eccentric young scientist whose awkward demeanor and half-baked inventions (ratbirds, spray-on shoes, and talking monkeys) have made him an outsider in his hometown of ChewandSwallow. All that is about to change with his latest contraption, a miraculous food-making machine. His creation brings happiness to the town, but when things go awry, the forecast for the whole world quickly changes from sunny to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight; 1 Mti edition (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416964967
• ISBN-13: 978-1416964964
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Raining Food!, July 30, 2009

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Child Writer "Ladybug Baby Bug" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tasty Tale of Chewandswallow (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) (Paperback)

A wonderfully imaginative premise that really demonstrates the old adage, "Be Careful What You Ask For, You Might Get It"! Silly, funny, and thought-provoking, the story wisks you away to a land you might dream of, until you really think about it. Great book for ages 5-12.

For a slightly younger crowd, I also recommend Ladybug Baby Bug, a children's picture book of family values.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it's Raining Food!, April 11, 2011

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PcBuddy "John M" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Tasty Tale of Chewandswallow (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) (Paperback)

I got this book to rememind me of his tasty movie. I was expecting it to be the CGI graphic scenes of the movie, but instead the artwork is similar to what you would see on the MGM cartoon the house of tommorrow. I'm not against it, it really is a great book, especially since it shows my favorite scene of the Jello mansion. That looked like fun in bouncing around, slipping and sliding. Flint is a food genious. Of course if food did fall from the sky, it would be a freak of nature, but it's already been done. (When Moses freed the slaves from Egypt, manna had fallen from the sky to feed the people) I've never had manna, but I'm sure it helped the people get to the promised land. I somehow had a similar dream like this when I was a kid, only there was a specific mysterious cloud floating around, and then after you tell it to stop, you tell it what you want (in this case I requested meat). Then those salisbury steaks began to fall from the cloud with gravy as well. I was hopping onto the steaks to get across the sidewalk and the gravy covered sidewalk. Sounds pretty close, but I betcha Flint can make it a reality. It would be easier for me than to try and cook my next meal, and it would save me a ton of money. Never mind what the people said, Flint make another machine to put an end to hunger across the world.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pass the plate it is raining...lol, August 11, 2010

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Ms. Susan Clark (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews
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What is there not to love about food falling from the sky...no oven, stove or refrigerator needed...lol