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The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
by
Mini Grey
Mini Grey’s spin on the nursery rhyme classic “Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle” is a love story of sorts that starts when “the dish ran away with the spoon.” In the midst of the Great Depression, Dish and Spoon become rich and famous vaudeville stars—until their taste for the high life puts them in debt to a gang of sharp and shady characters (depicted as evil k...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 8th 2006
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
(first published May 30th 2006)
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SS5H5 The student will explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.
Initially, I read this particular book because I thought it was connected to the Great Depression. My little boy who is three loved the rhymes and pictures. The only real significance this book has to the Great Depression is that it was written during those poor economic times. I then had a "eureka" moment. This book does capture and has a beautiful twist that co...more
Initially, I read this particular book because I thought it was connected to the Great Depression. My little boy who is three loved the rhymes and pictures. The only real significance this book has to the Great Depression is that it was written during those poor economic times. I then had a "eureka" moment. This book does capture and has a beautiful twist that co...more
This "memoir", written from the spoon's perspective, puts a spin on the classic nursery rhyme and we find out what happens after the "dish ran away with the spoon."
My first read through was ho-hum at best, but I enjoyed it more the second time around. It has that old detective/beautiful dame movie feel to it, which adds to its charm. But it's that formula that might make this story difficult for younger children to understand. After we finished reading it, my alm...more
My first read through was ho-hum at best, but I enjoyed it more the second time around. It has that old detective/beautiful dame movie feel to it, which adds to its charm. But it's that formula that might make this story difficult for younger children to understand. After we finished reading it, my alm...more
Frank might have given this a higher rating, but I'm sticking with 2 stars anyway. I really liked the idea of this book, but it didn't work out as well as it could have. This dish and the spoon just weren't good role models for kids. Did they have to incur gambling debt, did they have to rob a bank? I think this is a cute idea gone terribly wrong.
This is a great story about teaching the importance of even though you make a mistake there are always ways to recover. It also teaches that you should never quit. When the dish was broken, and even the glaze was missing the spoon helped the dish recover. This to me also shows the importance of friendship.
I liked it, but I did not like what it was teaching children, younger children are less likely to understand the symbolism. This story did not really have any good morals to add to a child's knowledge base but seemed to promote bad behavior... but I enjoyed it and found it rather amusing.
This book is an extension of the rhyme in which the dish ran away with the spoon. In this story, the dish and the spoon run away to be performers, but end up having a hard life that involves 25 years in prison! Personally, I hated this story and would never choose to read it to students.
Again, a brilliant piece of fiction from Mini Grey. This on plays on the rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle", specifically the dish and the spoon. It is a funny, whimsical look at what happened after the dish and spoon ran away. Children will love the illustrations, but adults will also love the story.
A little bit too adult for most children reading at this level, I think. More enjoyable for adults, I think - reminds us that there are second chances in life if we stay open to them. I think a lot of how much kids will enjoy the book depends on how it's presented to them.
This was cute! Similar to the silly humor in traction man. The dish and spoon reunite after being seperated by an accident where the dish shattered to pieces. Glad my dishes and spoons don't have feelings for one another like these guys do!
I love Mini Gray, but I'm not sure if this back story of the dish and the spoon running away to NY and going broke (literally and figuratively) would work for storytime. Good for poring over the illustrations, though.
What happened after the dish ran away with the spoon? They went into vaudeville, made and lost a fortune, robbed a bank, got busted and sent to jail. But there's a happy ending! Goofy, kooky, brilliant.
A weird tale of a dish and the spoon!! Its idea didn't really make sense to me I don't know why would I want a child to read it! Except for its beautiful rhyme and wonderful illustrations.
two and a half. Cute, but I thought it could've been better--plus, I wouldn't want to read this to young 'uns and have to explain the loan sharks and bank robbing and jail sentences. . .
Cute illustrations, but I feel that the story is above the heads of the intended readers. My boys didn't get most of this book, but they did like the illustrations.
Not a fan! I think the subject matter will be lost on kids. I just don't think they will understand it! The book does have some charm, but not enough to win me over.
This is a very interesting twist to a well-known story. I have to laugh when the spoon gets through in jail. Has a great lesson to teach children about staying away from crime.
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A great story that jumps off from the rhyme " Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the dish ran away with the spoon..."
Larry Ratcliffe
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Once my belief was suspended enough, I could actually hear the spoon and the dish converse(sometimes uncomfortably so).
I wanted to like this more, but it was a strange mixture of both bizarre and normal, enough to make me feel indifferent...
Interesting idea to take a nursery rhyme and develop a story surrounding two of the subjects.
Shaeley Santiago
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Interesting use of print in this "fractured" fairy tale.
One of the books listed in "1001 Children's Books"
This is a great story that children will love!
Maybe I was in the wrong mood for this one...but I didn't find it nearly as interesting and funny as I had hopped. It is supposed to be the other side of the story...what happened when the dish ran away with the spoon...but I found the story to cross some lines for the toddler - pre-k - k set and fell short of what could have been really clever.
The boys liked it when I recited the rhyme for them before we read the story, but I'm not sure they really get this book the way they get Ginger Bear and Traction Man. Samuel has started randomly reciting the nursery rhyme, though. Joey, too, mutters a bit about the fiddle and the cat, the cow, and the dog laughing.
Wow - what's this gal been smokin'?
Some kids will just love the fantastical parallel story world that the spoon and dish explore in. But I think that adults will appreciate more what adventures they're truly on. I'm going to read it to my kids ... but I'm guessing I'll spend more time explaining than reading.
Some kids will just love the fantastical parallel story world that the spoon and dish explore in. But I think that adults will appreciate more what adventures they're truly on. I'm going to read it to my kids ... but I'm guessing I'll spend more time explaining than reading.
What happened when the dish ran away with the spoon? Greenaway award winner Mini Grey experiments with the original nursery rhyme.
This is the story of what happened when Dish ran away with Spoon. They find great success but spend their earnings too fast.
Quite a creative take on what happened with the dish and the spoon ran away together.
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