Daisy and the Trouble with Giants

Daisy Fiction

by Kes Gray, Nick Sharratt (Illustrations), Gary Parsons (Illustrations)

Daisy has decided she wants to meet a real giant! If Daisy met a real giant he'd pick Daisy up and put her on his shoulder and they'd have giant adventures! They'd eat sweets as big as tractor tires, and if she got thirsty, they'd have giant lemonades out of giant straws. It would be sooooo gooood! Trouble is, if you want to meet a giant you need a magic bean. And finding magic beans can be troublesome. The trouble with giants is they really shouldn't live at the top of magic beanstalks. If giants didn't live at the top of magic beanstalks then Daisy is convinced that she wouldn't be in big trouble again!

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

240 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2010

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

[Lucy Dawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finished this one with Grace last week. Not as good as the unicorn one I don't think!

[Daisy · Rating 2 out of 5]

In my opinion, this book was kind of a step down from the previous books in the series. The subject matter and storyline just felt very meandering and aimless, and was really just of no interest to me. The very end of the book was fun and a cool conclusion, but the general ending was rather unsatisfactory and Daisy's actions were really frustrating. I know that all the books in this series are pretty much the same old 'Daisy goes too far on something and Mum goes crazy', but I do think that this instalment in the series could be skipped if you wanted to and you wouldn't be missing out on much. Overall, I think this book could have been more.

[Lorraine Webb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my favourite but still good

I feel a bit like a giant, reading a book written for children when my body is now far bigger than a seven-year-old's, but the fun in these stories is perfect for the inner child of any age. I am definitely hooked on the Daisy books. I didn't enjoy this one as much as it was more about imagination and less about actual events (if you can call a story actual events) but loved the ending. Poor Grampy, and poor Jack.

If you know someone aged between six and eight, or even if you don't, I recommend these books as a really good read and can guarantee you'll at least smirk, possibly giggle, and very likely laugh out loud reading them.

[Laura Raywood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the other books but my daughter enjoyed it.

[Melisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think it made me feel scared. I wanted it to be a little better. All of Daisy books are funny.

[Tim Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not up to the usual standard. Daisy and the Trouble with Vampires was first rate.

[Jen Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Daisy books were some of my favourites as a child! They’re some of the first ‘proper’ books I recall reading! I recently picked up 7 from a charity shop that I didn’t own in childhood and ‘Daisy and the Trouble with Giants’ was the first one I decided to read. It wasn’t quite as amusing as I remember the others being (but then again, I’m 25 now), but it still had the Daisy charm that I remember so fondly!

[Flooodle]

I reread this for nostalgia. No rating for this because to me currently the plot line is not very good, however that is because I am not at all the target audience for this kind of book and my rating would be wildly different to that when I first read it when I was younger.

[Sienna · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a really good book because it was funny. My favourite part was when they played the game. giants.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good!😁

It was an amazing book! We enjoyed reading it sooooooooo much it’s very funny and silly. You will love it. It’s the best book ever I would definitely recommend it.

[Lacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

All I can say is all of the book that I have
read are amazing

[Zoë · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like all the Daisy Books it is really funny and so fun to read. I really like these Daisy books 📚. 😍😁😜😄🤩🥳

[Lauren Link · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book but I didn't enjoy some of the grammatical errors.

[Isobel Burchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the bit about the garden and the vegetables.

[Susan Crehan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really good it wasn't the best but I had to try and read it in two weeks but I did finish it

[Poppy Panda · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a little girl called Daisy.She is kind and she is 7 years old. She gets in trouble at the end because she picked all of her Grampy’s vegetables. Her mum was very cross at her.

[Year 5 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

[Jayanthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

What happens to the garden is a surprise to me. She couldn't stop laughing though.

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

When she was all the blackcurrants and her mum shouted it was really funny. I didn't like the beginning of the book, but it got better towards the end. When you start to read a book and you don't like it carry-on, then it gets better and better

[Ella]

It was really funny

[Taylor O'shae]

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