The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon - Softcover

Grey, Mini

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553509047 ISBN 13: 9780553509045

Publisher: Dragonfly, 2015

Synopsis

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 knives). The cinematic presentation--with a touch of Bonnie and Clyde, a dash of "The Perils of Pauline"--proves that crime doesn't pay and love conquers all. A visual treat with new details to discover again and again, here is absurd good fun for the whole family.

About this title

Review:

"One of the picture books of the year" (Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times)

"Grey's pictures are busy, witty, lively . . . No romantic or fly by night of any age could resist this book" (Kate Kellaway Observer)

"Mini Grey, with all the dash of matinee heroics, pulls it off, with a story and pictures that deserve close examination" (Dina Rabinovitch Guardian)

"Combining cinematic breadth with extravagant detail, these kaleidoscopic pictures invite and reward endless exploration and you're left humming the tune long after the final curtain" (Joanna Carey Guardian)

"An original, detailed story told with great humour" (The Bookseller)

Book Description:

Mini Grey’s witty text and exquisite illustrations combine to make this a must-have gem.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dragonfly
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0553509047
• ISBN 13: 9780553509045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32