Monday, January 27, 2020

Daisy Dawson series by Steve Voake illustrated by Jessica Meserve




Easy Fiction Treasure

Daisy is a kind girl. On the way to school something very surprising happens. A butterfly kisses her nose after she frees it from a spider web.  That kiss makes a magical thing happen. Daisy can now understand the language of animals.

“a delicious warm feeling fizzed along her fingers, tumbling like a wave through her whole body until it reached all the way down to the tips of her toes.”

The titles in this series are:

  • Daisy Dawson is on her way
  • Daisy Dawson and the secret pond
  • Daisy Dawson and the big freeze
  • Daisy Dawson at the beach
  • Daisy Dawson on the farm

As you can see each book features a different habitat. At the pond she meets a pair of otters; at the beach she rescues a dolphin; on the farm the animals are suffering because there has been no rain; and during the big freeze Daisy takes off to rescue a lost lamb.

I am pleased to say you can still buy this whole series in paperback even though the first book was published in 2009. You can see some pages from these books here. I first talked about this series in 2009. When people ask about chapter books for newly independent readers I often think about Daisy and her world. I agree with Kirkus who said this is a "wisp of a tale that gladdens the heart."




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