Daisy and the Trouble with Life

Daisy Fiction

by Kes Gray, Nick Sharratt (Illustrations)

You absolutely can't go anywhere at all when you're grounded, so Daisy has plenty of time to think about what she's done. If only her pocket money hadn't run out and if someone hadn't dropped a strawberry candy on the pavement and if strawberry candy wasn't Daisy's absolute favorite, things could have turned out differently. 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 bathroom 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 garden hoses that don't do as they're told. Now, if only Daisy can find a word to rhyme with hippopotamus, she and Gabby can magically turn her next door neighbor's cat into a hippo. When she's un-grounded and off the toilet, of course.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Chapter Books

224 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2007

About the author

Kes Gray is a bestselling, multi award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and lives in a place called Different. Kes was the second bestselling picture book author in 2018.

Reviews

[Haniyeh · Rating 3 out of 5]

این اولین کتاب از مجموعه شش جلدی کتابهای دیزی هست و توسط نشر پیدایش با نام "دیزی و دردسرهای زندگی" چاپ شده. این مجموعه برای رده سنی "الف" هست که میشه تا اول دبستان.
بامزه بود. مخصوصا که بعضی قسمتها منو یاد بچگی خودم مینداخت. من میخواستم بدونم اگر بخوام به کسی هدیه بدم خوبه یا نه اما احساس میکنم برای یه بچه هفت ساله یکم خسته کننده میشه. شاید باید یکی دو سال بزرگتر باشه تا با کتاب ارتباط بگیره. البته این نظر شخصی منه.
بعلاوه که یک مقدار تصاویرش کمه و متنش به نسبت زیاده و این برای کسی که تازه کلاس اول رو تموم کرده و میخواد به کتابخونی علاقه مند بشه، حکم یه ماموریت غیرممکن داره و شاید از کتاب خوندن زده بشه. اینه که بعنوان انتخاب اول بهش فکر نمیکنم.
یه نظر توی طاقچه خوندم که گفته بودن جلدهای بعدی قشنگتره. اگر واقعا اینطور باشه فکر میکنم بهتره مجموعه کامل هدیه داده بشه.
درصورتیکه جلدهای بعد بهتر بود نظرم رو مینویسم.
لطفا اگر کسی کتاب خوبی برای این رده سنی میشناسه بهم معرفی کنه. متشکرم.

[Simon Pressinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I didn't totally get into this book, I can't help feeling there's a lot of depth beneath the surface of the two main characters -- Daisy and her mum.

Daisy's the storyteller. She's been grounded and we only find out why later. She also keeps disappearing at the end of the early chapters, and the reason for this ties in to why her mum's grounded her. Small spoiler: she picked up a lolly from the pavement, sucked on it and got a stomach bug. Her mum was so angry that she grounded Daisy, who now has what she calls 'the gurgles' and keeps needing to run off to the toilet.

The way Daisy talks about her knowledge of things and many discoveries of little problematic bits and bobs in life is to say: 'The trouble with...', followed by the thing. Maybe I'm just being boring but I found this a bit irritating. Still, everything about the story builds a picture of a young girl's upbringing that isn't totally peachy. While Daisy and mum are getting along fine by themselves, you sense the strain on her mum towards the end, needing to sleep for at least four hundred years. Another spoiler: Daisy's father died when she was young, so she has no memory of him. But I instantly felt for her mum, having to bring up Daisy solo.

It's a good story overall. The only big thing that I didn't like was the odd switch of perspective to a little spider (who it turns out was Daisy's friend all along) who starts narrating the story towards the end. Why? Again, I guess I'm just being boring, looking for logic rather than going with the flow. (There was zero logic in Dog Man and I lapped it up.) But then that's the point isn't it? You set the rules and parameters of your story world early on and if it deviates, it can be jarring.

[Freya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy and the trouble with life (by Kes Gray)
This is one of my favourite books ever!
Full of repetition and exitement, I recommend this book to younger readers.
Daisy is a funny girl who always finds herself in trouble, with a strict mum it's harder to have fun but no-matter what Daisy always finds a way to have fun!
Kes Gray is a funny and popular auther who has a lot of people reading his Daisy series.Enjoy!

Freya

[Vinay Gulabani · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was fun reading this book and start a new series of Daisy and the trouble with..!!
Its actually fun when you make each chapter like a bedtime story.
I would recommend this book for 8-11 year olds because of the basic language used.

[Vatey]

I love these books!there just amAZING!

[Zoë · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this book it is so cool to see all the trouble daisy gets into!!🥳🤩😁😜

[Tim Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy is nearly as good as Penelope "Penny Dreadful" Jones.

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved all of it. My favourite bit was when Daisy germy strawberry dib dab. It's weird 🤣

[Kath · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is cute and funny. The voice is really strong, using the repetition of 'the trouble with' as a narrative device for Daisy to tell us about her world. It reminds me of a stream of consciousness, but for children. Each 'trouble with' is like a self contained joke or story. There's also an index at the back for readers to look up their favourite 'trouble withs' which I think young kids will enjoy.

Daisy is active, fun and a little naughty, and its nice to read a chapter book with a strong female lead (instead of a wimpy fairy or something). Daisy's mum has a strong voice too - she's firm with Daisy but her lines are also humorous. The book focusses on light hearted topics that kids can relate to (wanting to eat a sherbet dibdab lolly off the floor for example and then getting sick) but it does touch on more serious topics too, as its revealed that Daisy's dad died when she was younger. The series I think will continue much in the same way as all the titles are 'The trouble with...' and I wonder if Daisy's experiences of her father's death will be revisited in later books.

[Lorraine Webb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one yet

Since my great-niece got me hooked on Daisy books, I have been indulging my inner child with these brilliant books (and annoying my partner by occasionally laughing out loud and reading bits to him). And this one is definitely the best so far, stealing top place from Daisy and the Trouble with Nature by a nose. Kes Grey captures the world of the small person so perfectly and writes a book that any age can enjoy, with humour packed into every sentence. Highly recommended for anyone under the age of 94...and probably for over 94s too.

[Bookfan53 · Rating 4 out of 5]

We laughed like drains at Daisy and her antics. From the beginning we wondered where she kept running off to, but all will be revealed.
My grandchild and I are massive fans of these books, they really are wonderful stories for children. Mr Gray really seems to understand how children think with typical children's humour.

[Harper Farrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was an amazing book, definately my favourite book! WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW!

My favourite part is that she loves Barrat’s Dip Dabs. (I love ‘m too!)
Also, she gets tummy trouble. So sad.
You know!

Thx for reading!

[Emily Fryer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I personally loved this book because just before the end of every chapter she said just gonna go to the loo. Or be back in a minute and I loved that feture. It told you things that were a problem to Daisy.

Written by an 8 year herself

[Annie Maxwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to love this book as a child, and as an adult, I enjoyed it just as much. The humour was a little dull and childlike but was still funny and relatable regardless. The story of being grounded and blaming everyone for it I found so funny. It's a very easy read for younger readers

[Niki Chiu Lok Yee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think Daisy is a funny girl that she always does something that you never imagine.

[Elise Quinn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know what to say well this is how many stars I gave it three. It was funny but I wish Daisy didn't eat the dip dab from the floor.

[Vonprice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful early chapter book for newly confident readers, or lovely bedtime story/shared reading book.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy these types of books, so even though they are for children they are very entertaining to read.

[Sarap · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Mr Kenneth Gutman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy makes me laugh.

I feel like someone had left a half sucked strawberry dib-dab on the pavement outside the shops. Who could ask for more?

[Bahar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mızmız serisini seviyoruz😁

[Lacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

My fav part is were she need a toilet so badly and then
gets squashed by a door

[Tania]

Great ending

[Ravi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious

Kid loved it! Adults loved it too! Probably spent more time laughing than reading. Soo funny!Definitely recommend for 5-7 yr olds!

[Liberty]

perfect book

[Lily Aggarwal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Daisy got grounded because she picked up her favourite sweet from the floor outside the shop and she didn't know it has germs in it. A strawberry dibdab. Lily, 7

[Evie Middlebrook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy books are the best children books.They are a children's comedy books and are very exciting to.

[Marie Schneider · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book in one day it was so interesting I could not stop reading.

[Jayanthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loves these and I join her in finishing this whole series. Laugh out loud moments that make me look forward to these ones.

[Clarabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

My least favourite of the Daisy books I’ve read with my daughter so far. She loved it, I wasn’t keen on the multitude of plot lines.