While a grandfather is away on vacation, a brother and sister remember memories of him and bake him a cake for his return. That night, the sister dreams of an island where everything is made up of food. Among other adventures, they drive over bacon roads, see a lake where frogs rest on eggs and toast, walk through a forest of carrots, and experience orange juice rain. The story is a great fantasy book that could be perfect for a writing prompt in which students create their own island.

this book was hilarious. i wish i owned it and the movie better come out soon!

As the sequel to one of my absolute favorite kids' books, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh has a lot to live up to in my library. If you're unfamiliar with the original story, the first book is about a fantastical town called Chewandswallow. Kate and Henry's grandfather tells them what they believe to be a tall tale about this ordinary little town with a main street where the weather patterns are made of food. Orange juice and other beverages rain down from the sky, snow is made of popcorn, and the sunrise resembles butter melting over soft hills of mashed potatoes. Pretty awesome, right? Unfortunately, Pickles to Pittsburgh doesn't recapture the magic of the original tale.

Pickles to Pittsburgh again features Kate and Henry, whose grandfather is on vacation. While they anxiously await his return, Kate dreams about returning to Chewandswallow. Through her dream, we learn what's become of Chewandswallow since the townspeople evacuated it after finding they couldn't weather massive storms of giant hamburgers and other over-sized snacks in her grandfather's tall tale.

In the end the book was just "ok." I was happy to revisit Chewandswallow, and the illustrations of giant popcorn clouds and airlifted pickles are still fun, but it lacked an engaging storyline to carry the book and match the original's whimsy. I'd re-read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs instead the next time I want to imagine what it would be like to land an airplane onto a runway made of bacon.

"I want to eat the giant hamburger!" Your favorite food. You love these books, and no wonder, the imaginative illustrations are fantastic.

This is the sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. This would be a fun book when you are talking about weather. The students may want to read this book to know what happened to their beloved chowandswallow. I have always liked sequels and I think that the students might too.

Ages: 5 - 9

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It was a sequel to cloudy with a chance of meatballs.I really enjoyed it and it was funny.It was fiction.

it also made me very hungey

This story lets readers know what happened to all the food that fell from the sky in "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," and solves the town's problem in a creative way.

The two children from the original story revisit the imaginary world of Chewandswallow from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

In no way does Pittsburgh figure into the story.

3.75 stars for this hopeful follow-up to a classic. It is never easy to do a sophomore effort to a huge debut, but I actually think this was quite seamless. The town of Chewandswallow is revisited by environmentalists who are bent on utilizing nature's bounty to feed the poor the world over. I liked the idea of the "Falling Food Company" and though I don't understand how it translates to free global shipping, I think this is one of those the-thought-counts-more-than-logistics moments.

C'mon! Don't you just wish food would rain down from the sky? This is a good idea.