When I was growing up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was one of my very favorite books. Set in the very fictional town of Chewandswallow, the residents don't have to shop at grocery stores the way the rest of us do. Instead, all their food was delivered by the weather. Morning would start with a drizzle of hot coffee, followed by eggs, toast and bacon. Life was good in Chewandswallow, until the weather becomes unpredictable and the food that comes from the elements becomes life-threatening. Eventually the townsfolk are forced to leave (on rafts made from giant peanut butter sandwiches) and restart their lives in a city where the only thing that falls from the sky is rain and snow.
First published in 1982, Cloudy has been beloved to generations of young readers and now, according to our sister site Cinematical, it's coming to the big screen. The animated film is going to be altered quite significantly from the original book, but hamburgers and donuts will still rain from the sky and the city will still be blanketed by a pea soup fog at times, so that's good enough for me. I really look forward to seeing it when it comes out in 2010.
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7-18-2008 @ 2:11PM
Meg said...
WOW, this is one of my favorite books also. I recently found it in my parents house and re-read it and the magic was still there. I can't wait for this to hit the screen!
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7-18-2008 @ 2:35PM
SaraFist said...
How odd. My boyfriend and I were just discussing this book the other day, and how much we'd enjoyed it.
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7-18-2008 @ 2:50PM
Crystal King said...
This was my brother and sister's favorite book growing up. I read them this book so many times that years later I still know it by heart. I hope that they can do it justice...it's such an incredible story!
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7-18-2008 @ 6:10PM
ESC said...
I loved Cloudy with a chance of meatballs as a child! In fact, everyone in my class in elementary school loved it, and it was difficult to find in our library, because someone always had it out.
I can't wait to see it in movie form!
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7-19-2008 @ 6:16PM
Henry said...
Ditto!
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7-21-2008 @ 1:47PM
Plaid Ninja said...
Bacon? Beef? Oh noes, someone's going to cry foul for religious reasons! Not to mention how this is propaganda for the pro-meat agenda! Lets not forget those with peanut allergies, who will view scenes of peanut butter sandwich rafts in horror!
BTW, I'm being totally sarcastic, don't tase me bro.
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