First reviewed on 3/9/09, Daisy Dawson remains perfect in every way. She is a thoughtful, brave, kind person who can talk to animals and the books about her are the ideal refuge for readers (and parents) who are tired of sassy girl characters and oafish boy characters. And the illustrations are as charming as the title character. Daisy Dawson is on Her Way! by Steve Voake, perfectly
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Daisy is back in her third adventure! Steve Voake and Jessica Messerve, creators of Daisy Dawson is on Her Way and Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond continue the adventures of this little girl with the magical gift - Daisy can talk to animals! A snowy day begins with the trek to Nettlegreen Primary where Daisy is in charge of cleaning the gerbil cage. Of course this means a conversation with
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Almost every child I have ever had the pleasure of knowing has been fascinated by bugs, which usually also involved some form of "playing " with them... Yucky Worms by Vivian French, with pictures by Jessica Ahlberg, illustrator of the Toon Tellegen's marvelous forest books, the first of which is The Squirrel's Brithday and other Parties and Insect Detective, written by Steve Voake, author of
Yucky worms is going straight on my wish list! It would be absolutely perfect for me to, I'm so glad I found it via you!
Excellent! I was really impressed with the presentation of the scientific facts in a book for the 5 and under crowd. It doesn't talk down to them but also entertains...