BOOKS
Created: 14th August, 2015

The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon

Author: Mini Grey
Illustrator: Mini Grey
Publisher: Red Fox

A delightfully sophisticated picture book featuring the dish and the spoon of nursery rhyme fame. They sail away to the USA where they perform in a travelling show. However, their extravagant lifestyle means that they soon fall on hard times. They run away from sharp loan sharks and rob a bank, doing twenty-five years in jail, but they reform their act on their release. The spoon relates the story in brief poetic prose and the illustrations provide depth and detail, depicting America during the Great Depression and its prelude.