Padme's Library: 03/29/24

Friday, March 29, 2024

🐰📘🎥Friday's Film Adaptation🎥📘🐰: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Summary:

An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a favorite of grown-ups and children everywhere.

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town—except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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 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.

Something had to be done, and in a hurry.

This beloved bestseller is now available for the youngest readers in this Classic Board Book edition!

Aspiring inventor Flint Lockwood is the socially awkward genius behind some of the most bizarre contraptions ever conceived. But even though all of his inventions, from spray-on shoes to a monkey thought translator, have been spectacular failures that caused trouble in his small town, Flint is determined to create something that will make people happy.

Release Date: September 18, 2009

Release Time: 89 minutes

Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Cast:

Bill Hader as Flint Lockwood

Max Neuwirth as the young Flint

Anna Faris as Samantha "Sam" Sparks

Neil Patrick Harris as Steve

James Caan as Timothy "Tim" Lockwood

Bruce Campbell as Mayor Shelbourne

Andy Samberg as "Baby" Brent McHale

Mr. T as Officer Earl Devereaux

Bobb'e J. Thompson as Calvin "Cal" Devereaux

Benjamin Bratt as Manny

Al Roker as Patrick Patrickson

Lauren Graham as Fran Lockwood

Will Forte as Joe Towne

Angela V. Shelton as Regina Devereaux

Awards:

67th Golden Globe Awards - January 17, 2010

Best Animated Feature Film - Nominated

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Judi Barrett

Judi Barrett is the author of many well-loved books for children, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, and Things That Are Most in the World. She teaches art to kindergarten students at a school in her Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood. And she usually doesn't mind going to the dentist!

Ron Barrett(Illustrator)

Ron Barrett is the internationally bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Superhero Joe, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, Lots More Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, and An Excessive Alphabet. His illustrations have been honored by the Society of Illustrators and have been exhibited at The Louvre in Paris. He lives in New York City.