Author | Judi Barrett |
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Illustrator | Ron Barrett |
Cover artist | Ron Barrett |
Genre | Fantasy, Children's picture book |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | August 1, 1978 |
Publication place | United States |
ISBN | 0-689-30647-4 |
Followed by | Pickles to Pittsburgh |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Paperbacks. It is now published by Simon & Schuster.[1] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".[2] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.[3]
A sequel, Pickles to Pittsburgh, was published in 1997 by Atheneum Books; a hardcover edition followed in 2009. A second sequel, Planet of the Pies, was published on August 27, 2013.[4]