Traditional nursery rhymes come alive with "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon". When we read this rhyme, we never imagine where Dish and Spoon go. It turns out, they get lost and Cat, Cow, and Dog have to use their skills to find them before someone reads their rhyme! Visiting other characters in traditional stories and rhymes becomes a new experience for Dish and Spoon that they decide to rewrite their rhyme to 'And the Dish stayed home with the Spoon".
This story was full of idioms, double meanings, and figurative language. It is a great book to change it up from traditional literature, and children are able to think beyond the usual endings of stories. (Favorite page: A fork in the road...)
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