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I am (as usual) honored My grandchildren & I read the book several times before they saw the movie. They still wanted to read the book with me.
Its a fun easy read and my 3 yr old is never bored. 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.
I read it to my children and now I have it to read to my grandchildren Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is a great book for young readers and for adults to read to children.
My own children, who are boy and girl, 7 and 9 currently, couldn't be interested in a second read-thru. 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. (There are just tons of great books out there). Don't get me wrong, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is a cute book with wonderful drawings. Pam T~ 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. However, for kids that read a lot, it isn't going to seem all that innovative. 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.
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. Didn't do much for me, and I'm not hard to please. 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. 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. Same goes for my kid. He'll sit through it, usually, but he'll never ask for it.
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