AUTHOR: Judi Barrett
ILLUSTRATOR: Ron Barrett
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers PUBLICATION DATE: 1978
GENRE: Fiction/Picture Book READING LEVEL: Ages 8 years
BRIEF OVERVIEW: In this book, the people of the small town of Chewandswallow depend on the sky for providing them with all of their food. However as the food gets bigger, messier, and more dangerous, they are forced to relocate to another city.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Assign your students a creative writing assignment where they have to create another town that gets their food not from stores, or the sky, but another way. This should be just a few paragraphs.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Brandi Tompkins, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Made into a movie, food, creative
