I read this book in the early 80’s, but it might have been published much earlier. It’s a larger picture book with black & white illustrations, done in a rough pen & ink style that reminds me of the 60’s (think The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”). The characters do many surreal things, but all I can remember is one two-page spread where people are climbing up a ladder to eat clouds with a spoon (they might be leaning into/out of a tower window?)
Thank you for reading this!
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatball? The illustartion style sound similar to what you describe and it fits the “eating clouds” theme.
This is just a guess though.
https://www.amazon.com/Cloudy-Chance-Meatballs-Judi-Barrett/dp/0689707495
Thank you but no: I’m pretty sure my book was published in the 70’s or earlier. It might have been a poetry book? Each page had something different going on: I remember a girl holding a hand mirror in one. Thanks for your suggestion!
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer?
https://www.amazon.com/Rain-Makes-Applesauce-Julian-Scheer/dp/0823400913