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Imagine if food fell from the sky like rain...wouldn't it be great? Or would it? This is what happened in the tiny town of Chewandswallow. In many ways it was much the same as any other small town, except for the weather...which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sometimes it rained soup and juice, or snowed mashed potatoes, once or twice it even blew up a storm of hamburgers. Life was pretty delicious in Chewandswallow...until the weather took a turn for the worse!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After a funny accident at breakfast, Grandpa weaves a tale of the land of Chewandswallow. In this magical land, clouds don't bring rain or snow. They bring dinner (and lunch and breakfast). People just take their plates and bowls outside and catch the meal of the day. But what happens when storms brew? How do you handle pea soup fog? Will the residence survive the food weather catastrophe?
Somehow, I missed this book as a kid, but the upcoming movie version inspired me to find out what I had missed. Quite a good book, as it turns out. The writing is simple and straightforward. But the imagination behind it is impressive. This is a well thought out world about what would happen if food fell from the sky. At first it seems fine, but the consequences when things get out of hand are quite realistic.
The pictures make the book even better. In fact, some of the best jokes are in the pictures, so take the time to look at all of them closely. The pictures of the real world setting are very realistic line drawings. But once we get to the fantasy tale, red, yellow, and a yellow-green are introduced as well. It's amazing how just those two additional colors make the drawings come alive even more.
This book is perfect for older pre-school and early elementary students. They'll appreciate the creativity and silly humor.
Somehow, I missed this book as a kid, but the upcoming movie version inspired me to find out what I had missed. Quite a good book, as it turns out. The writing is simple and straightforward. But the imagination behind it is impressive. This is a well thought out world about what would happen if food fell from the sky. At first it seems fine, but the consequences when things get out of hand are quite realistic.
The pictures make the book even better. In fact, some of the best jokes are in the pictures, so take the time to look at all of them closely. The pictures of the real world setting are very realistic line drawings. But once we get to the fantasy tale, red, yellow, and a yellow-green are introduced as well. It's amazing how just those two additional colors make the drawings come alive even more.
This book is perfect for older pre-school and early elementary students. They'll appreciate the creativity and silly humor.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My sister and me loved this book, we used to get it out all the time at the local library. When it disappeared, we asked the librarians to find it. When they couldn't, we waited, and we asked again a few weeks later. They couldn't again...
That was in 1983 and we've been looking for it in childrens' bookshops ever since. Everyone with children should have a copy of this and I'm overjoyed to be able to order it for mine - nearly 20 years since I last read it. This is a truly memorable book and to this day, I still can't look at maple syrup pancakes without smiling and thinking of them smothering the ChewandSwallow school. Happy days are here again...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I love to browse the children's section and I found this book. I do not have children yet, but want this book to keep for them. It is filled with imagination and creativity and beautiful illustrations. The world is a better place because of this book.
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One of My Favorites and Now One My Daughter's Favorites Too
I picked up this book as a replacement for a doubled gift my daughter got for her birthday. I chose this and Caps for Sale (Reading Rainbow Book). Read more
Published 23 months ago by Kristia Wheatstone
Awesome!!!!!
My mom started reading me this book when I was 3 years old. I have loved it ever since. I am now 17. My book eventually became really beat up so we had to throw it away. Read more
Published on 27 April 1999
This book is one of the finest children's books available
Like some of the other reviewers I had read this book as a child. I think of now and again and just recently I was inspired to have my own copy again. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 1999
Funny and Imaginative
I was a second-grader when my mother bought this book for me (that was 20 years ago). I remember reading it over and over, laughing so hard I cried. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 1999
Wacky, Fun, Creative -- all things important to a kid
My three-year-old looks up at a setting sun, and sees a sliver of butter. This inventive and funny book does that to you -- you see things as only a childlike imagination can, and... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 1998
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