Episode 39: Throwback Thursday – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are traveling back to 1978 for one of the most wonderfully absurd and deliciously imaginative stories ever written! We are reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett the legendary story of the town of Chewandswallow where it never rains water, it rains food! Breakfast, lunch and dinner fall right from the sky until things start to go very very wrong!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689707490Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved watching food take on a life of its own today, check out Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. A timeless classic about a magical pasta pot that simply will not stop cooking same delicious chaos, different century: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780671666064 We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689707490⁠📖 Strega Nona: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780671666064 ⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!