Book description
The trouble with life is it's SOOOOOOOOO unfair. Daisy's been
grounded. No HOPPING or SKIPPING, FLYING or PARACHUTING. She's lucky
she's even been allowed out of her bedroom after what she's done. But
what HAS she done that is SOOOOOOOOOOO naughty? You'll have to read
the book to find out!
Daisy and the Trouble with Life features Daisy's hilarious musings
about the trouble with everything, from her goldfish Freddie who
thinks it's a dolphin, to the school name-caller Jack Beechwhistle,
and hosepipes that don't do as they're told. Now, if only Daisy can
find a word to rhyme with hippopotamus, she and Gabby can magic next
door's cat into a hippo.
When she's un-grounded and off the loo, of course . . .
Kes Gray was noted by the Independent as one of the top
ten children's authors in the UK in 2003. He is the author of the
award-winning Eat Your Peas and four more titles in the
acclaimed Daisy series, as well as Our Twitchy and Billy's
Bucket, illustrated by Garry Parsons, winner of the Red House
Children's Book Award for Younger Readers. He also works as the
Creative Director for an advertising agency.
Garry Parsons studied Fine Art at Brighton College and after
that he went on to study illustration. His picture books include
Billy's Bucket, winner of the 2004 Children's Book Award,
Krong!, winner of the Words Out! Picture Book Prize, and G.
E.M. by Jane Clarke. He has also illustrated George's Secret
Key by Lucy and Stephen Hawking. He lives in London.
Nick Sharratt
has written and illustrated many books for children. Pants,
written by Giles Andreae, won the 2003 Children's Book Award
and The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong won it in
1997. He is the illustrator of all Jacqueline Wilson's prize-winning
children's novels and his work appears in Playdays and Cosmopolitan.
He lives in Brighton.
