Author Profile
Judi Barrett
4 Books
Judi Barrett is an American children's author who writes imaginative and highly humorous picture books. Her most recognized work is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which she created alongside illustrator Ron Barrett. She frequently partners with Ron Barrett on other conceptually playful titles, such as Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing and Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House. Her stories often turn everyday ideas into absurd, oversized situations that appeal to young readers. She has also written alphabet and counting books that combine early learning concepts with her signature comedic style.
Books in "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
Welcome to the tiny, peculiar town of Chewandswallow, where you never have to go to the grocery store or cook a single meal. In this extraordinary place, the weather brings breakfast, lunch, and dinner straight from the sky! It rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and sometimes blows in a storm of hamburgers. Life is delicious and perfectly predictable until the weather takes a sudden, disastrous turn for the worse. When giant pancakes begin to crush the local school and massive meatballs threaten the neighborhoods, the townspeople must figure out how to survive a truly supersized food storm. This legendary and hilarious tale will spark your imagination and make you look at the sky in a completely different, and much hungrier, way.
6-8 Years
32 Pages
Pie is falling from the sky, and the food-weather fun of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs heads into another wonderfully strange adventure.
Planet of the Pies brings young readers back to a world where meals can arrive in the most surprising ways. With its comic food disasters, big visual humor, and connection to Judi Barrett’s beloved Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs universe, this story is made for readers who like their adventures a little messy and very funny.
The book’s short, lively style makes it approachable for children moving through picture books and illustrated fiction, while the playful premise gives older readers a quick, goofy read filled with imagination, food, and impossible weather.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
32 Pages
A postcard from Grandpa sends Kate’s imagination back to Chewandswallow, the land where food once fell from the sky. Soon she and Henry are flying through a dreamlike world of giant pickles, enormous sandwiches, leafy green landscapes, and food big enough to need serious transportation.
This sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs keeps the same playful mix of food, weather, and tall-tale adventure, but it also adds a wider view of what might happen to all that extra food. The pictures are packed with strange, funny details, giving readers plenty to notice as the journey unfolds.
Pickles to Pittsburgh is a lively picture book for kids who like imaginative places, giant-food humor, and stories that feel almost like a dream. It is especially appealing to readers who want another trip into the deliciously strange world of Chewandswallow.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
32 Pages
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner do not come from stores in Chewandswallow. They fall from the sky. Soup rains down, mashed potatoes snow, and storms can bring hamburgers instead of hail.
At first, life in this strange town sounds delicious. Everyone plans their days around the weather, and every forecast means something new to eat. But when the portions grow too large and the food-weather turns dangerous, the people of Chewandswallow must face a problem no ordinary town has ever seen.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a funny, imaginative picture book with a wonderfully unusual idea at its center. It is a strong choice for young readers who enjoy food, weather, tall tales, and stories where everyday life turns completely upside down.
6-8 Years
8 Pages
