This book, by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett has been recently made into a movie. In the book, the story is about a grandfather that tells his grandchildren about the town of Chewandswallow after a flying pancake incident one day. In this far away town that is like most other small towns, various foods rain down from the sky and it provides the town with food. The food rained down three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Residents would even watch the weather to see what the next day's meals they could expect. Because of this, no grocery stores are needed. This all was fine until there are dangerous floods of inedible foods and tornadoes which forced the townspeople to leave the town of floating bread. In their new location they find that they have to learn how to live in a place where it does not rain food.
In the movie, the plot follows the same basic plot as the book, but there are some significant exceptions. For example, in the movie there is the main character, Flint Lockwood, who thinks he is a genius. Flint tries to save his town from a food shortage when he creates a machine that will turn water into food. When his invention goes wrong it puts food into the atmosphere. Next, it started to rain food and all kinds of problems started to happen. These are but a few of the differences between the movie and the book. The reality is that this movie is loosely based on the book and that the director major artistic license in changing the plot. I did not particulary care for the movie, but the humor in the movie is desinged to appeal to children. Overall, I believe the book to be quality literature, but the movie becomes a different story altogether.
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