1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Stevens, Janet and Crummel, Susan Stevens. 2001. AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON. Ill. Janet Stevens. New York, NY: Harcourt Children's Books. ISBN 0152022988
2. PLOT SUMMARY
This book combines all sorts of nursery rhymes as the Cat, Cow, and Dog wander in search of the Dish and the Spoon (who ran away and never came back). In this book we pick up the nursery rhyme where it normally drops off and we then follow the mad-cap action
3. IMPRESSIONS
I just laughed all the way through this book. It was like attending comedic theater. I don't know what was funnier...the dog with a skirt and party hat on, the fork with sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, or the wolf with pink bunny slippers. I'm not sure if kids would appreciate this as much as adults do, but the older elementary kids get a big laugh out of it. It is very punny!
The illustrations are fantastic...almost sketchy in appearance. The dialogue is laugh-out-loud funny. C'mon! The fork says, "I'll take a stab at it"! Too funny!
Loved, loved, loved this book. An asset to any collection...personal, school, or public library.
4. REVIEW EXCERPTS
* Starred review in CHILDREN'S BOOK PAGE: "Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel have created a classy and amusing update in And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon. The book would be worthwhile just for the pictures of the character Fork, who cavorts (as much as a legless utensil can cavort) in Technicolor shirts and shades that look like Don Ho activewear."
* Starred review in PRESCHOOL EDUCATION: "It is very easy to see why this book was a Children's Book- of- the- Month Club selection. The story begins just as the nursery rhyme does with the dish running away with the spoon. It's what follows next that is a comical adventure. The cat and the cow seek their friends before the rhyme gets read again. The dog is very grumpy and wants to just change the rhyme. The comments that the dog makes are very funny and uses many common cliches'."
Stevens, Janet and Crummel, Susan Stevens. 2001. AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON. Ill. Janet Stevens. New York, NY: Harcourt Children's Books. ISBN 0152022988
2. PLOT SUMMARY
This book combines all sorts of nursery rhymes as the Cat, Cow, and Dog wander in search of the Dish and the Spoon (who ran away and never came back). In this book we pick up the nursery rhyme where it normally drops off and we then follow the mad-cap action
3. IMPRESSIONS
I just laughed all the way through this book. It was like attending comedic theater. I don't know what was funnier...the dog with a skirt and party hat on, the fork with sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, or the wolf with pink bunny slippers. I'm not sure if kids would appreciate this as much as adults do, but the older elementary kids get a big laugh out of it. It is very punny!
The illustrations are fantastic...almost sketchy in appearance. The dialogue is laugh-out-loud funny. C'mon! The fork says, "I'll take a stab at it"! Too funny!
Loved, loved, loved this book. An asset to any collection...personal, school, or public library.
4. REVIEW EXCERPTS
* Starred review in CHILDREN'S BOOK PAGE: "Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel have created a classy and amusing update in And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon. The book would be worthwhile just for the pictures of the character Fork, who cavorts (as much as a legless utensil can cavort) in Technicolor shirts and shades that look like Don Ho activewear."
* Starred review in PRESCHOOL EDUCATION: "It is very easy to see why this book was a Children's Book- of- the- Month Club selection. The story begins just as the nursery rhyme does with the dish running away with the spoon. It's what follows next that is a comical adventure. The cat and the cow seek their friends before the rhyme gets read again. The dog is very grumpy and wants to just change the rhyme. The comments that the dog makes are very funny and uses many common cliches'."
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