The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon Mini Grey Lovereading - -Year 1 (age 5-6) More books from this list Book 4 of 33. View the next book in this list View the next book in this list Currently not in stock Price £4.49 RRP £5.99  Saving £1.50 (%25)   Download Extract    Buy This Book

Julia Eccleshare's comment:

Mini Grey has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. Winner of Greenaway Award 2007.

Everybody knows that the Dish ran away with the Spoon but who knows why or what happened next? Mini Grey’s stylish illustrations tell of a love story from the moment the two first meet until, after some hair raising adventures as both celebrities and criminals and a period of separation, they are reunited and reaffirm their love. A picture book that is both beautiful and witty, The Adventures of the dish and the Spoon will appeal to all age groups. (0-5)

Judges' comment:

With many nods to 1920s film noir and other cinematic references throughout, this book offers so much to look at and contains great humour. There is real vitality in the drawings and the bold inky lines add drama. Grey gives amazing expression to the dish and the spoon without them having arms or mouths, and conveys beautifully the idea of villainous cutlery! There is so much to look at in this book; you see something new every time you open it.

About The Author

Mini Grey was born in the front seat of a mini in an icy car-park in South Wales. She grew up in a village in Buckinghamshire with plenty of places to make camps, climb trees and pretend to be horses. As a child Mini created many bizarre objects from cardboard, clay, papier mache, dough, plaster, toilet rolls and crisp packets.

At university Mini became involved with set-building at the Bloomsbury theatre and eventually got asked to design some shows. After her degree she worked making latex puppets in a basement in Covent Garden until she was offered a place on a theatre design course. Mini loved theatre designing but she didn't earn much money. She trained to be a teacher and worked for six years in South London. She especially liked running after-school clubs in model-making and pottery.

Mini had always done bits of illustration in her spare time, and had an ambition to have a book published some day. She did a two-year MA in illustration, and made a strange pop-up book and an animation about it.

Mini has been shortlisted and won a number of prizes including for, The Pea and The Princess being shortlisted for the Greenaway Award in 2002, and Biscuit Bear, being the winner of the Smarties Prize in 2004.

Mini lives in Oxford with her partner Tony and cat Bonzetta. She likes running along the river, cycling, walking up hills, running down corridors, and playing badly on her electric piano wearing headphones.