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My grandchildren & I read the book several times before they saw the movie. They still wanted to read the book with me. I am (as usual) honored
I bought this for my 3 yr old daughter and she loves it. It definitely tickles the imagination and definitely a lot of laughs for the entire family. Its a fun easy read and my 3 yr old is never bored.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is a great book for young readers and for adults to read to children. I read it to my children and now I have it to read to my grandchildren
I just don't think it's a book that ought to be put on the home shelves in the place of some other book. However, for kids that read a lot, it isn't going to seem all that innovative. Don't get me wrong, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is a cute book with wonderful drawings. (There are just tons of great books out there). The story is charming and I love that grandpa is portrayed in such a sweet fashion, but much of the 'weather' humor is going to go over very young children's heads. Though they will, however, be charmed by Ron Barrett's illustrations.Overall, I would say that this is a book that all kids should get an opportunity to read and enjoy. My own children, who are boy and girl, 7 and 9 currently, couldn't be interested in a second read-thru. Pam T~
Didn't do much for me, and I'm not hard to please. And he loves most books.It's an interesting idea, and executed reasonably well, so I'm not sure why it never clicked with us. Same goes for my kid. He'll sit through it, usually, but he'll never ask for it. Ok, the story is weak -- it's just the basic idea stretched out to no purpose -- but this is a children's book, so that isn't uncommon even in really enjoyable books. Maybe it's because I love weird, and this looks like it's going to be weird but is actually pedestrian.The art is very good but not very fun.
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