Daisy and the Trouble with Life
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  • Published: 18 March 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407075877
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 0 min
  • Narrator: Jadie-Rose Hobson
  • RRP: $12.99

Daisy and the Trouble with Life

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1 Sep 2010
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18 Mar 2010
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Daisy's guide to life - cheeky, extremely readable and funny young fiction, now with fabulous CD read by Jadie-Rose Hobson and James Goode.

The trouble with life is it's sooooooo not fair. And the trouble with being grounded is it's sooooooo boring. You absolutely can't go anywhere at all. No hopping jumping, flying or parachuting . . . Daisy's got ever so much time to think about what she's done. Really, if her pocket money hadn't run out and if someone hadn't dropped a strawberry dib-dab on the pavement and if strawberry dib-dabs weren't Daisy's absolutely favourite sweet . . .
Who knew that it had invisible red germs that are so totally teensy and that Auntie Sue says give you tummy trouble? Daisy's trips to the loo are interspersed with 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 . . .
  • Published: 18 March 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407075877
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 0 min
  • Narrator: Jadie-Rose Hobson
  • RRP: $12.99
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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.

Nick Sharratt

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 Brighton.

Garry Parsons

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.

portrait photo of Garry Parsons

Praise for Daisy and the Trouble with Life

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

Publishers Weekly

A well-written and comical read

The Big Issue Cymru

This is a great book to encourage new readers amd to bring on those who enjoyed the previous Daisy books.

Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Full of humour, this is great for newly confident readers.

The Children's Booksellers Buyers Guide

Perfect for confident readers

The Bookseller