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Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Paperbacks. It is now published by Simon & Schuster. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by ''School Library Journal''. A sequel, ''Pickles to Pittsburgh'', was published in 1997 by Atheneum Books; a hardcover edition followed in 2009. A second sequel, ''Planet of the Pies'', was published on August 27, 2013. Plot Inspired by an incident while making pancakes at breakfast, a grandfather tells a bedtime story, chronicling the lives of the citizens of an imaginary town called Chewandswallow, which is characterized by food raining from the sky. The grandchildren are named Henry and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judi Barrett
Judi Barrett (' Bauman; born 1941) is an American author of picture books for children, including '' Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' and ''Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing''. Biography Barrett obtained a B.F.A. in 1962 from the Pratt Institute. She married the artist Ron Barrett, who illustrated some of her most popular books. After they divorced, they continued to collaborate on books for many years. She currently resides in Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ..., New York. Selected books * ''Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1969 * ''Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1970 * ''An Apple a Day'' (illustrated by Tim Lewis), 1973 * ''Benjamin's 365 Birthdays'' (illus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |