Kes Gray, Nick Sharratt (Illustrator), Garry Parsons (Illustrator)

Daisy and the Trouble with Life

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Summary

Daisy's guide to life - cheeky, extremely readable and very funny young fiction from the bestselling author behind the hilarious OI FROG series.

Here comes trouble!

Daisy isn't have a very good time of it lately.

She's been GROUNDED. And the trouble with being grounded is, she can't:
Hop
Skip
Fly
Parachute

Mum says she's lucky that she's been allowed out of her bedroom AT ALL.

But just what has she done that's so bad? And will she ever be allowed to have fun ever again?

Reviews

Daisy, with her perfectly round face, determined, beady eyes and severe Joan of Arc coif, is a veritable icon of juvenile intransigence
Publishers Weekly

About the authors

Kes Gray

Kes Gray is one of the UK’s bestselling writers for children, with over two million copies of his stories sold. He is the author of the award-winning DAISY picture books and fiction, as well as the creator of the chart-topping OI! series with illustrator Jim Field. Kes lives in Essex.

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Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)

Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's books. Nick lives in Hove.

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Garry Parsons (Illustrator)

Garry Parsons is an award-winning illustrator of books for children, including the bestselling The Dinosaur That Pooped series. Garry’s illustrations have accompanied the words of many prestigious picture-book authors, including Kes Gray, Ian Whybrow and Peter Bently. He has also illustrated the popular fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey and the space adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers. Garry lives in London with his young family and old dog.

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