Recommended Age: 4+
Format: Hardcover
This book tells the story of Grandfather tell his two grandchildren a story before bed. He tells them of a town called Chewandswallow where weather was not weather. It rained, snowed, tornadoed, and huriccaned food for the townspeople to eat. The towns people would eat the weather that came three times a day, and always carried a plate and utensils with them. The food weather started to get larger and larger and more and more unpredictable. A giant pancake fell from the sky and landed on the school, but it was too heavy to lift off of it, so they canceled school. There was a bread hurricane and people's houses were damaged by falling meatballs. So the townspeople made boats out of giant pieces of stale bread and sailed to a new land where they had to buy their own food at grocery stores. This is a fun tale to read aloud to preschoolers and older. The idea of food falling from the sky is amusing. The illustrations are done well and fun to look at, especially when the food gets bigger. The image of a giant pancake on top of the school as helicopters attempt to pull it off is humorous. This book is suitable for older children due to the length and amount of text.
Author's Website: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Judi-Barrett/1103891
Illustrator's website: http://ronbarrettart.com/
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