Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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For the 2009 film based on the book, see Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs (film).
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (book).jpg
Author Judi Barrett
Illustrator Ron Barrett
Country United States
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
September 14, 1978
ISBN 0-689-30647-4
Followed by'Pickles to Pittsburgh'
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is an American children's book
written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first
published in 1978 by the Simon & Schuster imprint Atheneum Books,
followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company
Aladdin Paperbacks.[1] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National
Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100
Books for Children".[2] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all
time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.[3]

A sequel, Pickles to Pittsburgh, was published in 2000 by Atheneum

Books; a hardcover edition followed in 2009. A second sequel, Planet of
the Pies, was published on August 27, 2013.[4]

Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Sequels
3 Film adaptations
4 Game
5 References
Plot[edit]
The book details a bedtime story narrated by a grandfather to his
grandchildren, chronicling the daily lives of the citizens of an
unordinary town called Chewandswallow characterized by its strange
daily meteorological pattern that provides the townsfolk with all of
their required daily meals by raining food. Although the residents of
the town enjoy a lifestyle devoid of any grocery shopping or cookery,
the weather unexpectedly and inexplicably takes a turn for the worse,
devastating the local community with destructive and uncontrollable
storms of either unpleasant or dangerously oversized foods, resulting
in unstoppable catastrophes for the townspeople. Their lives
endangered by the threats of the storms, they relocate to a different
community of normal non-edible meteorological patterns, safe from the
hazards that once were presented by raining meals. However, they are
forced to learn how to obtain food the normal way.

The following morning, the man's grandchildren awaken to discover

snowfall. After bundling up and hurrying outside to play, the
granddaughter, in first-person narration, describes the scent of
mashed potatoes detected while romping with her brother, implying
that the grandfather's story might not be purely fictitious.

Sequels[edit]
The follow up to the story, Pickles to Pittsburgh, tells of the kids
receiving a postcard from their grandfather, who claims to be visiting
the ruins of what was once the fabled town of Chewandswallow. The
kids then go to sleep and dream that they are there with him, helping
to rebuild the post-apocalyptic landscape and restore it to where it is
livable again, as well as giving the massive amounts of food away to
poverty-stricken developing nations and homeless shelters around the
world. This proves to be difficult, as there could be more food storms
on the way.

A third book in the series, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet

of the Pies, was released on August 27, 2013.

Film adaptations[edit]
Main article: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)
On September 18, 2009, Sony Pictures Animation released an
animated film adaptation of the book, and the DVD was released on
January 5, 2010. A new cast of characters were created for plot
development, while the synopsis was changed from food falling from
skies to being made from a machine. Bill Hader and Anna Faris
provided the voices of the two lead characters. Hader voices Flint
Lockwood, "a young inventor who dreams of creating something that
will improve everyone's life." Faris provides the voice for Samantha
"Sam" Sparks, "a weathergirl covering the caution who hides her
intelligence behind a perky exterior." James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Mr.
T, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Benjamin
Bratt, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte are also on the voice
cast.[5] Co-writers and co-directors Philip Lord and Chris Miller said
that it would be a homage to, and a parody of, disaster movies such as
Twister, Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012.[6]

Unlike the book where a grandfather tells his two grandchildren a

bedtime story about Chewandswallow, an inventor named Flint
Lockwood invents a machine that has regular weather going into it and
then having food weather going out of it and having the food weather
spreading all over the world, but soon it starts taking a turn for the
worse. A sequel to the film, titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,
was released on September 27, 2013, however, it is based on an
original idea, and not Pickles to Pittsburgh.

Game[edit]
Main article: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (video game)
In conjunction with the September 18, 2009 film release, Ubisoft
released a game for Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation
Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360,[7][8] as well as a stereoscopic online mini
game.[9]

References[edit]
Jump up ^ Scholastic.com: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:
Discussion Guide for Reading the Story"
Jump up ^ National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100
Books for Children". Retrieved August 19, 2012.
Jump up ^ Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). "Top 100 Picture Books Poll
Results". School Library Journal "A Fuse #8 Production" blog. Retrieved
August 19, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet of the Pies:
Judi Barrett, Isidre Mones: 9781442490277: Amazon.com: Books".
Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
Jump up ^ Siegel, Tatiana. "Hader, Faris spice up 'Meatballs'; Caan,
Samberg, Mr. T round out 3-D project". Variety. September 18, 2008.
Jump up ^ Lee, Patrick (2006-08-16). "Meatballs Spoofs Disaster
Flicks". SCI FI Wire. Archived from the original on August 21, 2006.
Retrieved 2008-12-05.
Jump up ^ GameZone. "Video Games, News, Reviews, Walkthroughs,
Cheat codes and More - Interact".
Jump up ^ Ubisoft. "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Ubisoft".
Jump up ^ "cloudy".
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