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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 ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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 usi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More