Deliberately Monochrome: The "real" parts are in monochrome while the bedtime story is in colour. Bland-Name Product: The pancake box says "Aunt Jim's Pancake Mix", instead of "Aunt Jemima's Pancake Mix". But they manage to create a new town and learn to start shopping at grocery stores. Bittersweet Ending: The people of Chewandswallow have to abandon the island they called home after the food weather grows unexpectedly out of control and too dangerous. Birthday Party Goes Wrong: When the food weather starts turning bad, one poor kid named Floyd gets brussel sprouts and peanut butter with mayonnaise served at his birthday party. Of course, this is just a children's bedtime story, so accuracy is moot. Such diets would be unhealthy for pets but especially so for ocean animals. Artistic License – Animal Care: It's mentioned that they give leftovers to the dogs and cats, and then dump the rest into the ocean for "the fish, turtles, and whales to eat". In 2009 the original book was very loosely adapted into an animated feature film. They look at the sun over a hill and think it looks a bit like butter over mashed potatoes.Ĭloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has two sequels: Pickles to Pittsburgh (2000) and Planet of the Pies (2013). The book ends with the grandfather wishing his grandkids goodnight. This new land didn't have food falling from the sky, but the people learned to adapt. With no other choice left, everyone built boats made of bread and sailed to find a new place to live. The food wrecked the town to the point where the sanitation department gave up. One day it got even worse, and oversized foods began to fall in large qualities from the sky. 
Too much of certain food and bad combinations kept falling for no apparent reason. Some days nothing but smelly Gorgonzola cheese fell from the skies while other days nothing but overcooked broccoli came instead. One day, however, the weather started acting up.
No person or animal was ever hungry in Chewandswallow. Food, completely cooked, came from the heavens three times a day in vast amounts. There was no reason for such stores as all the food everyone needed came raining from the sky each day. Chewandswallow was like many towns out there, except for the fact it had no food stores. That night the grandfather tells his grandkids the best bedtime story he knows of.įar, far away and across several oceans there once was a small town of about 300 called Chewandswallow. The family laughs it off and the rest of the day goes as expected.
When the dog runs past the grandfather, he accidentally causes a pancake to fly through the air and hit his grandson Henry in the face. The girl's grandfather makes the pancakes. The story begins with a young girl describing a Saturday morning at her home. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 1978 children's storybook by Judi Barrett with illustrations by Ron Barrett.
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