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32 pp.
| Hyperion |
April, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-0685-2$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Scott Magoon.
Spoon, a humble young utensil, feels disenfranchised: Knife "gets to cut," Fork "gets to go practically EVERYWHERE," etc.; meanwhile, little does Spoon know that he's the object of the other utensils' envy. This tastefully punning (Spoon goes "stir-crazy") tale of envy and, finally, self-acceptance has improbably wide appeal, thanks to illustrations that somehow manage to anthropomorphize a clutch of cutlery.