Judi Barrett (' Bauman; born 1941) is an American author of
picture books for children, including ''
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 Paperb ...
'' and ''Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing''.
Biography
Barrett obtained a
B.F.A. in 1962 from the
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was ...
.
[ She married the artist ]Ron Barrett
Ron Barrett is an American illustrator, best known for illustrating the children's book ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', which was written by his former wife, Judi Barrett.
Career
He is a graduate of the School of Industrial Art in New Y ...
, 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, 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'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1974
* ''Peter's Pocket'' (illustrated by Julia Noonan), 1974
* ''I Hate to Take a Bath'' (illustrated by Charles B. Slackman), 1975
* ''I Hate to Go to Bed'' (illustrated by Ray Cruz), Four Winds Press, 1977
* ''The Wind Thief'' (illustrated by Diane Dawson), 1977
* ''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 Paperb ...
'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1978
* ''Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1980
* ''I'm Too Small, You're Too Big'' (illustrated by David S. Rose), 1981
* ''A Snake Is Totally Tail'' (illustrated by L. S. Johnson), 1983
* ''What's Left?'', 1983
* ''Pickles Have Pimples, and Other Silly Statements'' (illustrated by L. S. Johnson), 1986
* ''Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1997
* ''Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 1998
* ''The Things That Are Most in the World'' (illustrated by John Nickle), 1998
* ''I Know Two Who Said Moo: A Counting and Rhyming Book'' (illustrated by Daniel Moreton), 2000
* ''Which Witch Is Which?'' (illustrated by Sharleen Collicott), 2001
* ''Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and Other Things Not To Do)'' (illustrated by John Nickle), 2008
* ''The Marshmallow Incident'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 2009
* ''The Complete Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' (illustrated by Ron Barrett), 2009
* ''Santa from Cincinnati'' (illustrated by Kevin Hawks), 2012
* ''Planet of the Pies: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3'' (illustrated by Isidre Monés), 2013
References
External links
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American children's writers
Living people
Writers from New York (state)
1941 births
American women children's writers
21st-century American women