The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
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| Author | Mini Grey |
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| Illustrator | Mini Grey |
| Cover artist | Grey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 6 April 2006 |
| Pages | 32 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-224-07037-9 |
| OCLC | 62796100 |
| LC Class | PZ7.G873 Ad 2006[1] |
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mini Grey, published by Jonathan Cape in 2006. It won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K.[2][3] It was also bronze runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 6–8 years.[4]>
The title alludes to "Hey Diddle Diddle", an English nursery rhyme whose last line is "And the Dish ran away with the Spoon". According to the British librarians, the story shows "what happens next in the astonishing tale of the dazzling Dish and Spoon duo, after they run away together".[2] According to the U.S. national library summary, they "become vaudeville stars before turning to a life of crime."[1]
The Adventure "falls neatly into the currently popular slot of post-modernist retellings", according to Julia Eccleshare, children's books editor for The Guardian newspaper. Commenting on the 2007 CILIP awards, she concluded, "Filmic in feel, and full of cinematic references, it unfolds beautifully with loads of visual jokes for children and adults alike."[5]
In the U.S., it was published within the calendar year by the Random House imprint Alfred A. Knopf.[1] It was adapted as a musical by Bert Bernardi (writer and lyricist) and Scott Simonelli (composer) and staged in 2009 at the Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
See also
- Category: Nursery rhymes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The adventures of the dish and the spoon" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Greenaway Winner 2007). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ (directory, 2007 CILIP Awards press releases). CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
• Two press releases 21 June 2007 pertain to Grey and The Adventures. Two earlier releases 20 April 2007 may be valuable, "Shortlist ... announced" and "... Judges Comments on the Shortlist". - ↑ "Nestlé Children's Book Prize". Booktrust. Retrieved 2012-11-29.