The Adventures Of The Dish And The Spoon
  • Published: 1 November 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099475767
  • Imprint: Red Fox Picture Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

The Adventures Of The Dish And The Spoon

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

Hey Diddle Diddle
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Cow jumped over the Moon.
The Little Dog laughed
To see such fun
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon

That's the bit we know - but have you ever wondered what happened next? Mini Grey, the creator of such favourites as Biscuit Bear and The Pea and the Princess, has this brilliantly funny and wonderfully inventive suggestion, narrated by one of the principal players - the Spoon himself.

Part love story, part crime caper, The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon is the rags-to-riches and back again tale of the most dazzling crockery-cutlery duo of all time.
  • Published: 1 November 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099475767
  • Imprint: Red Fox Picture Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Mini Grey

Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives. Her books include Egg Drop, The Pea and the Princess (shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), Biscuit Bear (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award), Traction Man is Here (winner of the Boston Horn Book Award and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), and Traction Man meets Turbodog. Mini Grey is one of the Big Picture's ten Best New Illustrators.

Also by Mini Grey

The Greatest Show on Earth
The Last Wolf
Space Dog
Hermelin
Toys in Space
Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey
Three By the Sea
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Praise for The Adventures Of The Dish And The Spoon

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

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