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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.
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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. From the Hardcover edition.
Reviews (12)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-4-This romanticized, fractured spin on the classic nursery rhyme has the dish and the spoon running away to New York City to seek fortune and fame. They succeed at both, but a nonstop spending spree soon brings them to the door of some "sharp and shady characters" who gladly offer to lend them money. When their "clients" are unable to make their payments, a chase ensues, and, in desperation, the dish and the spoon rob a bank and end up in jail, separated for 25 years. Readers and listeners alike will love the sharp and shady gang in the guise of a meat cleaver, a serrated knife, and a cooking fork with menacing eyes and legs, while the stylish collage illustrations of early-20th-century New York City, in split-screen format, will dazzle and amaze them. The age-old lesson that crime doesn't pay and the poignant beauty of true love enduring the test of time are playfully and delicately portrayed. Combine this contemporary makeover with the classic original for a delightful mix that is full of panache. A whole new generation of youngsters, as well as older kids, will be enthusiastically chanting this nursery rhyme.-Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Hey Diddle Diddle" serves as prequel to this delightful swashbuckler, which chronicles the ups and downs of a nursery-rhyme romance. When someone (furry paws imply it's the famous fiddling cat) plays a red disk labeled "Hey Diddle Diddle" on a child-size record player, the Dish and the Spoon sprint into the moonlit night. "How could we resist?" asks the Spoon, who tells their story. In a three-part spread, they leap from an English cliff and sail (like Dahl's Giant Peach) to the Statue of Liberty, with the Dish acting as a raft and the Spoon as a mast with a kerchief sail. In 1920s New York, their acrobatics are a vaudeville sensation. Soon they're driving a cream-yellow roadster and throwing money around with Gatsbyesque abandon. But they squander their cash and end up on Skid Row, among cracked teacups and the sinister Carving Knife Gang. Grey (Traction Man Is Here!) moves briskly from one comic cliffhanger to the next, including a close call on the railroad tracks and a Bonnie-and-Clyde bank heist with tragic consequences for the ceramic moll. Years go by before a tearful reunion in a lowly junk shop (filled with objects from the opening spread), but unlike Randolph Caldecott's shattering version, in which the broken plate does not recover, Grey foresees a future for the antique heroes. She squeezes multiple panels into every spread, alternating between the main plot and clever asides; tiny details chart the couple's showbiz career ("New in Town: The Knife and the Fork") and crime spree ("wanted" posters identify the Dish's "glazed expression" and the silver utensil's "metallic colour"). Sprung from a familiar stanza, this inventive tale of true love will sustain many rereadings by readers of all ages. Ages 6-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Primary) What happens to the Dish and the Spoon after they run away together? In this fanciful rags-to-riches-to-rags tale, they become the dinnerware version of Burns and Allen, and then degenerate into Bonnie and Clyde. At first, the world beyond the nursery rhyme seems idyllic and alive with possibility. Divided into vertical panels, Grey's lavish, amusingly surreal mixed-media pictures show Spoon using his beloved Dish as a boat, floating serenely across a tranquil ocean toward the Big Apple. There the couple develops a hit vaudeville act, as well as a ""taste for the high life."" Their money squandered, they turn to a ""gang of sharp and shady characters"" -- two knives and a fork -- for a loan and are driven to bank robbery, wearing masks that do nothing to hide their telltale physiques. The illustrations' sly gags (on the wanted poster, for instance, the pair, limbless from the waist up, are wanted for ""unarmed robbery"") will appeal to those who, like the now cracked dish and tarnished spoon, are older and warier than the usual nursery crowd. A sweet reunion in a resale shop after the two criminals have served their time proves that their love is ready, like the moon, to rise again. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Guardian Review
In a seaside house, a group of toys gather round an open window. There's an air of nostalgia. When the wind-up gramophone plays "Hey Diddle Diddle", a startled cat drops his fiddle and a little dog watches thoughtfully as two figures, inspired by the music, race away in the moonlight: it's the dish and the spoon - on the run again. This first glorious double spread is cleverly designed so that when the page turns, the window appears to open. The hem of the net curtain billowing in the breeze is echoed in the serpentine line of the clifftop and in the silvery ripples in the sea far below. On an impulse the dish and spoon set sail for America, where, in 1930s New York, they find fame and fortune as acrobats. The wit and economy of the text is in subtle contrast to the wealth of visual gags, and the cunning use of colour and texture evokes the period. The vitality of the drawing is a constant delight: the inky line is bold and eloquent and the spoon, whose natural curves are subtly accentuated to express his every emotion, is a real star. Like the dish, he has busy little legs but no arms, and there's something absurdly touching about seeing him at the wheel of a fast car, or placing his bets in the casino. Soon, hopelessly in debt, the two fall in with a sinister gang of knives and after taking part in a bank robbery (unarmed, naturally): the dish gets broken and the spoon is thrown in jail. The dish is deported: we get a glimpse of her in a bath-chair on board a passenger ship. And in accordance with the technological advances of the 20th century, when the spoon is released 25 years later he comes home in an airliner. Miraculously the friends meet up in a junk shop, with all their original companions. But that's not the end - when the old record strikes up, the dish and the spoon, still stage-struck, are off like a shot, over the hills and far away, up to their old tricks. Combining cinematic breadth with extravagant detail, these kaleidoscopic pictures invite and reward endless exploration and, as with all the the best shows, you're left humming the tune long after the final curtain. To order The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon for pounds 9.99 with free UK p&p call 0870 836 0875. Caption: article-carey.1 On an impulse the dish and spoon set sail for America, where, in 1930s New York, they find fame and fortune as acrobats. The wit and economy of the text is in subtle contrast to the wealth of visual gags, and the cunning use of colour and texture evokes the period. The vitality of the drawing is a constant delight: the inky line is bold and eloquent and the spoon, whose natural curves are subtly accentuated to express his every emotion, is a real star. Like the dish, he has busy little legs but no arms, and there's something absurdly touching about seeing him at the wheel of a fast car, or placing his bets in the casino. - Joanna Carey.
Kirkus Review
A loopily nostalgic tale imagines the exploits of the Dish and the Spoon after they ran away. When a gramophone record plays their tune, they can't resist, and leap out the window, over the white cliffs of Dover and across the Atlantic to New York, where they achieve meteoric success as vaudeville stars. Alas, high living and the advent of new acts (the Knife and the Fork) bring them low. Deeply in debt, they attempt to pay off the loan cutlery by robbing a bank, but tragedy ensues: Dish breaks and is deported; Spoon spends 25 years in prison. Spoon's narration has just the right air of world-weariness mixed with wide-eyed idealism to draw readers in to the fun, while the mixed-media illustrations employ full-bleed sequential panels to present the whole story. In one, Dish and Spoon cavort in greenbacks; in another, Dish is held at the mercy of sinister utensils. The deliciously optimistic ending reunites the two lovers in a 1950s junk shop, where they realize new possibilities: "[T]here's a whole new world out there. People who have never seen dishes do tricks with spoons." Hey-diddle-delightful. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
K-Gr. 3. In imagining precisely what happened in Hey Diddle Diddle after the Dish ran away with the Spoon, Grey (author-illustrator of the ebullient Traction Man, 2006) spins her creative powers to new heights. Narrated by Spoon, who trusts Dish wherever she might go, the story tells of how the pair end up in New York, their vaudeville act a great success. But Dish loves the high life. With all their money gone, they turn to sharp and shady characters (goons in the sinister shapes of knives and a fork). A bank robbery attempt leaves Dish broken and Spoon imprisoned. Twenty-five years later, Spoon finds himself in a secondhand store where Dish, repaired but cracked and crazed, awaits their tender reunion. Visual puns and sly references abound, although it's the older generation that will be more likely to catch them. What will delight children are Grey's eclectic, colorful artwork, varied compositions, and irreverence toward a familiar rhyme. Use this alongside Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (1989) . --GraceAnne DeCandido Copyright 2006 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-4-This romanticized, fractured spin on the classic nursery rhyme has the dish and the spoon running away to New York City to seek fortune and fame. They succeed at both, but a nonstop spending spree soon brings them to the door of some "sharp and shady characters" who gladly offer to lend them money. When their "clients" are unable to make their payments, a chase ensues, and, in desperation, the dish and the spoon rob a bank and end up in jail, separated for 25 years. Readers and listeners alike will love the sharp and shady gang in the guise of a meat cleaver, a serrated knife, and a cooking fork with menacing eyes and legs, while the stylish collage illustrations of early-20th-century New York City, in split-screen format, will dazzle and amaze them. The age-old lesson that crime doesn't pay and the poignant beauty of true love enduring the test of time are playfully and delicately portrayed. Combine this contemporary makeover with the classic original for a delightful mix that is full of panache. A whole new generation of youngsters, as well as older kids, will be enthusiastically chanting this nursery rhyme.-Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Hey Diddle Diddle" serves as prequel to this delightful swashbuckler, which chronicles the ups and downs of a nursery-rhyme romance. When someone (furry paws imply it's the famous fiddling cat) plays a red disk labeled "Hey Diddle Diddle" on a child-size record player, the Dish and the Spoon sprint into the moonlit night. "How could we resist?" asks the Spoon, who tells their story. In a three-part spread, they leap from an English cliff and sail (like Dahl's Giant Peach) to the Statue of Liberty, with the Dish acting as a raft and the Spoon as a mast with a kerchief sail. In 1920s New York, their acrobatics are a vaudeville sensation. Soon they're driving a cream-yellow roadster and throwing money around with Gatsbyesque abandon. But they squander their cash and end up on Skid Row, among cracked teacups and the sinister Carving Knife Gang. Grey (Traction Man Is Here!) moves briskly from one comic cliffhanger to the next, including a close call on the railroad tracks and a Bonnie-and-Clyde bank heist with tragic consequences for the ceramic moll. Years go by before a tearful reunion in a lowly junk shop (filled with objects from the opening spread), but unlike Randolph Caldecott's shattering version, in which the broken plate does not recover, Grey foresees a future for the antique heroes. She squeezes multiple panels into every spread, alternating between the main plot and clever asides; tiny details chart the couple's showbiz career ("New in Town: The Knife and the Fork") and crime spree ("wanted" posters identify the Dish's "glazed expression" and the silver utensil's "metallic colour"). Sprung from a familiar stanza, this inventive tale of true love will sustain many rereadings by readers of all ages. Ages 6-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Primary) What happens to the Dish and the Spoon after they run away together? In this fanciful rags-to-riches-to-rags tale, they become the dinnerware version of Burns and Allen, and then degenerate into Bonnie and Clyde. At first, the world beyond the nursery rhyme seems idyllic and alive with possibility. Divided into vertical panels, Grey's lavish, amusingly surreal mixed-media pictures show Spoon using his beloved Dish as a boat, floating serenely across a tranquil ocean toward the Big Apple. There the couple develops a hit vaudeville act, as well as a ""taste for the high life."" Their money squandered, they turn to a ""gang of sharp and shady characters"" -- two knives and a fork -- for a loan and are driven to bank robbery, wearing masks that do nothing to hide their telltale physiques. The illustrations' sly gags (on the wanted poster, for instance, the pair, limbless from the waist up, are wanted for ""unarmed robbery"") will appeal to those who, like the now cracked dish and tarnished spoon, are older and warier than the usual nursery crowd. A sweet reunion in a resale shop after the two criminals have served their time proves that their love is ready, like the moon, to rise again. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Guardian Review
In a seaside house, a group of toys gather round an open window. There's an air of nostalgia. When the wind-up gramophone plays "Hey Diddle Diddle", a startled cat drops his fiddle and a little dog watches thoughtfully as two figures, inspired by the music, race away in the moonlight: it's the dish and the spoon - on the run again. This first glorious double spread is cleverly designed so that when the page turns, the window appears to open. The hem of the net curtain billowing in the breeze is echoed in the serpentine line of the clifftop and in the silvery ripples in the sea far below. On an impulse the dish and spoon set sail for America, where, in 1930s New York, they find fame and fortune as acrobats. The wit and economy of the text is in subtle contrast to the wealth of visual gags, and the cunning use of colour and texture evokes the period. The vitality of the drawing is a constant delight: the inky line is bold and eloquent and the spoon, whose natural curves are subtly accentuated to express his every emotion, is a real star. Like the dish, he has busy little legs but no arms, and there's something absurdly touching about seeing him at the wheel of a fast car, or placing his bets in the casino. Soon, hopelessly in debt, the two fall in with a sinister gang of knives and after taking part in a bank robbery (unarmed, naturally): the dish gets broken and the spoon is thrown in jail. The dish is deported: we get a glimpse of her in a bath-chair on board a passenger ship. And in accordance with the technological advances of the 20th century, when the spoon is released 25 years later he comes home in an airliner. Miraculously the friends meet up in a junk shop, with all their original companions. But that's not the end - when the old record strikes up, the dish and the spoon, still stage-struck, are off like a shot, over the hills and far away, up to their old tricks. Combining cinematic breadth with extravagant detail, these kaleidoscopic pictures invite and reward endless exploration and, as with all the the best shows, you're left humming the tune long after the final curtain. To order The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon for pounds 9.99 with free UK p&p call 0870 836 0875. Caption: article-carey.1 On an impulse the dish and spoon set sail for America, where, in 1930s New York, they find fame and fortune as acrobats. The wit and economy of the text is in subtle contrast to the wealth of visual gags, and the cunning use of colour and texture evokes the period. The vitality of the drawing is a constant delight: the inky line is bold and eloquent and the spoon, whose natural curves are subtly accentuated to express his every emotion, is a real star. Like the dish, he has busy little legs but no arms, and there's something absurdly touching about seeing him at the wheel of a fast car, or placing his bets in the casino. - Joanna Carey.
Kirkus Review
A loopily nostalgic tale imagines the exploits of the Dish and the Spoon after they ran away. When a gramophone record plays their tune, they can't resist, and leap out the window, over the white cliffs of Dover and across the Atlantic to New York, where they achieve meteoric success as vaudeville stars. Alas, high living and the advent of new acts (the Knife and the Fork) bring them low. Deeply in debt, they attempt to pay off the loan cutlery by robbing a bank, but tragedy ensues: Dish breaks and is deported; Spoon spends 25 years in prison. Spoon's narration has just the right air of world-weariness mixed with wide-eyed idealism to draw readers in to the fun, while the mixed-media illustrations employ full-bleed sequential panels to present the whole story. In one, Dish and Spoon cavort in greenbacks; in another, Dish is held at the mercy of sinister utensils. The deliciously optimistic ending reunites the two lovers in a 1950s junk shop, where they realize new possibilities: "[T]here's a whole new world out there. People who have never seen dishes do tricks with spoons." Hey-diddle-delightful. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
K-Gr. 3. In imagining precisely what happened in Hey Diddle Diddle after the Dish ran away with the Spoon, Grey (author-illustrator of the ebullient Traction Man, 2006) spins her creative powers to new heights. Narrated by Spoon, who trusts Dish wherever she might go, the story tells of how the pair end up in New York, their vaudeville act a great success. But Dish loves the high life. With all their money gone, they turn to sharp and shady characters (goons in the sinister shapes of knives and a fork). A bank robbery attempt leaves Dish broken and Spoon imprisoned. Twenty-five years later, Spoon finds himself in a secondhand store where Dish, repaired but cracked and crazed, awaits their tender reunion. Visual puns and sly references abound, although it's the older generation that will be more likely to catch them. What will delight children are Grey's eclectic, colorful artwork, varied compositions, and irreverence toward a familiar rhyme. Use this alongside Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (1989) . --GraceAnne DeCandido Copyright 2006 Booklist
