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 Kate, though the narrating girl is not named until the sequel. This is my favorite picture book. Even as a teenager, I'd hunt his book up from time to time to make sure I'd memorized all the lines correctly. A third book in the series, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet of the Pies, was released on August 27, 2013. It details a dream Grandpa had about the first crewed expedition to Mars, where Martian society is being overrun by daily storms of pies. Next, ask a student to tell you the story, with "just the important parts. Keep it short and sweet." Quite likely, the first child who tries this will provide too many details. Say, "Too many details!!! Someone else try. I want just a summary. Keep it short and sweet." Keep going until someone gives you a really nice, short summary.

But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. Life was happy in the town of Chewandswallow; but, suddenly, the weather took a turn for the worse. The weather began to create problems for the town with events such as a flood of spaghetti creating a tangle in a traffic intersection, Gorgonzola cheese raining down for a whole day, and a pea soup fog.Here's another wonderfully written and illustrated story by the Barrett team. Receiving a place on the prestigious New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year list, this book skillfully and subtly blends funny storytelling and full-color illustrations with a very real twist about how weather can affect people's environments.

Flint invites his dad to the Roofless restaurant and announces he will cut the ribbon at the unveiling ceremony. Tim expresses concerns over the oversized food and the two argue. A great story - tells not only a fascinating tall tale about the town of Chewandswallow, but also talks about the closeness of extended family. Who doesn't love a story about Grandpa's tall tales? Our oldest loves this tale and we've read it a couple of times. Swallow Falls is rebranded as Chewandswallow. A spaghetti twister ruins the town's opening ceremony.National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved August 19, 2012. Cloudy,' 'Pup Named Scooby-Doo' Join Boomerang Lineup This Month". Animationmagazine.net. 4 January 2018 . Retrieved 18 July 2018. Kate and Henry fall asleep shortly after their grandfather finishes his story. The book ends with the grandchildren waking up to a snow day. While they sled down the hill, they imagine that the snow-covered hilltop with the sun rising is mashed potatoes with butter on the top.

a b c d Wolfe, Jennifer (February 16, 2017). "First Look: 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' Series Set for March 6 Premiere". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017 . Retrieved February 17, 2017. The residents of Swallow Falls are relocated to San Franjose, and Flint starts working for Live Corp. Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. The town was a mess and the people feared for their lives. This is a book about which I’ve always been curious so I’m really grateful it’s one of the June selections for the Picture Books group at the Children's Books group. The month’s theme is culinary. So far, this picture books group’s themes and books have all been wonderful! Mother nature cooks up a storm, literally, in this madcap story with plenty of silliness to go around.

This lesson, which focuses on summarizing, assumes that students are already familiar with basic Story Elements, including character, plot, and setting. Summarizing also requires students to be familiar with sequencing events and determining importance. If students are unfamiliar with these concepts, you will need to take some time introducing them. Materials Steve; Flint's pet vervet monkey who communicates using a Speak and Spell monkey thought translator Flint invented. Problem: The good food stopped falling and it was replaced by bad food that was too big; the people had to leave Chewandswallow. The date Chester needed to reach the FLDSMDFR to avoid missing the release deadline for Food Bar 8.0. The show clarifies that when Flint and Sam met in their adulthood in the first film, it was not their first meeting. They first met and became friends in high school. In the first episode, Flint says that if Sam ever has to move away from Swallow Falls, he will invent a memory eraser, as she had moved around frequently and did not want the memory of another lost friendship to sadden her.

Explain to students that they are going to read a funny story that has to do with unbelievable weather. Explain that they are going to be summarizing some weather conditions they have never ever seen before! Before you begin reading, explain to students that Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is a story that really has two stories. The grandfather in this story tells his grandchildren a tall-tale—the story within the story. Point out that students should record all of the characters they hear, and tell them to listen closely for the beginning of the tall-tale that the grandfather tells. Start reading aloud Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to students. Stop reading right after Grandpa begins the tall-tale and make sure that students understand this is the beginning of Grandpa's story. Give groups a chance to fill-in information. The book has a framing story that begins with a mishap during breakfast. The grandfather is inspired and tells the children about a place called Chewandswallow where the weather brings food three times a day. Except near the end of the town's existence, the food gets too big and starts to be a threat to the well-being of the townspeople. The town of Chewandswallow has some wild weather, bringing meals like burgers, spaghetti, mashed potatoes, and of course meatballs three times a day. Then, things start to go crazy and odd things start happening, like an entire day of just gargonzola cheese and eventually a "tomato tornado" and the poor sanitation department could no longer keep up. This book uses such fun language to describe weather effects, like drizzle, clearings, and downpour. The language is delightful and the illustrations, while not overly colorful, are still detailed and fun. The absurdity and silliness in this story make it a joy to read and the combining of two familiar concepts, food and weather, into one story are sure to stoke the imagination. Kids of this age group will love the fanciful, over the top, giant ideas presented in this book.Another disaster was a colossal pancake and syrup storm, during which a gigantic pancake covered the whole school and was impossible to remove, leading the school to be permanently closed. If your children are not yet comfortable working in pairs, you can do this as a whole-class activity. The important thing is to make sure everyone understands what a summary is. Solution: The people of Chewandswallow survived in a new town, and Grandpa's story put the children to sleep!