Entries Categorized as 'Picture Books'

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Our rating: ****

Chewandswallow is an almost ordinary town. It has all sorts of stores, except grocery stores. Nobody needs them. All the food falls from the sky. Then one day, the weather goes haywire and the portions get bigger and bigger. The townspeople have no choice but to set out for a new land.

This is a very funny book. Pay close attention to the illustrations and you’ll find some very interesting things. Excellent to read aloud as well as to yourself. A very nice picture book.

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue

Our rating: ****

Pierre is a boy who doesn’t care about anything. What will it take to make him care?

This is a charming story. I put it under the category of Younger Readers, but even though I read much more advanced books, I still love Pierre.