Daisy and the Trouble With London

by Kes Gray

The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud Daisy adventure for readers of 6-9, from bestselling author of the Oi Frog series, Kes Gray.

Here comes trouble!

Daisy is off to actual, actual London for the day!!!

Nanny and Grampy are taking her to see the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and lots more.

Trouble is, all Daisy really wants to see is Cooey the pigeon . . .

Genres: Childrens

320 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2022

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

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all the Daisy books but this is definitely the best in the series.

[Katy Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great Daisy book, full of London landmarks and pigeons.

My boys both loved the Daisy picture books when younger. Now my 5 year old is reading himself more and has recently been to London, I saw this and thought it would be great as a bedtime book to remind him of his holiday and to enjoy an older Daisy title (he was impressed he'd be reading something nearly 300 pages long!).

It's very well conveyed in a child's voice. Daisy is enthusiastic, distracted, energetic, imaginative, interested, curious, mischevious and totally realistic as a young person.

Daisy's grandparents are taking her to London for the day, so everything becomes an adventure - from packing a drink and sandwiches, to the train ride, ticket machines, tube trains to the sights themselves. And Daisy makes a new friend - Cooey the pigeon, who seems be following her around the big city.

This captures the wonder of childhood really, the fun of putting a ticket through the barrier (quite a lot of times). The anticipation in looking forward to anything from a favourite sandwich (cheese, ham AND ham) to seeing Big Ben. The obliviousness of wandering off in a strange place (poor Nanny!). The questioning of strangers (a Tower of London Beefeater). Loved it. Loved reading it in her voice too.

And yes, my boy loved seeing the places he'd been to, he clearly enjoyed watching cheeky Daisy hold everyone up at the ticket barrier, tell off someone for stepping over the yellow line, feeding pigeons her food surreptitiously.

The illustrations may not drawn be by Nick Sharratt anymore, but they are a close fit. And there's a lot of pages that you don't even realise are speeding by, with pictures and big shouty exclaimy text and scenes to take in. Took us about 10 bedtimes I think. My son reading along a lot of the time.

Great in-between books to read to someone learning to read that is still safe and familiar.
For ages 4-8.

[Abigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m 8 and this was too young for me

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

at the end she kicks the bikes down at the shop

[Lorraine Webb · Rating 4 out of 5]

So London!

My second favourite Daisy book (bearing in mind that I have only read two so far), I chose this because it's about London, a place I know well, and the exciting bits of London (like ticket barriers and escalators) and the troublesome ones (like queues and stairs) are captured SO well. I love the style of writing and the fantastic pictures interspersed through the text and the way it reflects the awe and wonder of being small and visiting London for the first time, and the fact that things adults take for granted can be a source of joy for children who see the world through fresher eyes.
My great niece has got me hooked on the Daisy books. If you have kids aged six to eight (or even if you haven't), I really recommend them. Especially my favourite so far, Daisy and the trouble with nature.

[Kelly Garlinge · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve read all the Daisy books with my children over the years. Some of them I have loved as much as them. Like with everything when you have children though, there will always be a last time. The last time you breastfeed, the last time they take a nap on you, the last time they call for you in the night. Most of the time you don’t know it’s the last time before it happens and then feel sadness afterwards. Reading these Daisy books with my kids has been a big part of the last few years. Will I be sad when we don’t read the inevitable new one? Maybe, but judging by the last few additions to the series, I’m not sure I’ll be missing much.

[Annie Maxwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This book has a great level of humour and was written incredibly well. The story was very interesting and informative yet silly and fun to benefit the younger audience. The chapters weren't too long, and the story was straight to the point and didn't drag. This book would be incredible to teach a child about London and the landmarks whilst telling a funny story about a day trip to London. I was able to finish this book in 2 hours.

As someone who lived in London pretty much her whole life, this book summed up London pretty accurately from trains to people to escalators to landmarks.

[molly ⸆⸉ · Rating 5 out of 5]

unironically inhaled this
i lovedd theese books when i was a child and when i saw this one in library i knew i had to read it .
really fast read less then an hour 53 minutes and 10 seconds
i rate this 5 stars

[zelah bennison · Rating 3 out of 5]

me and my sister did who can read this the quickest and i won 👍😍

[Chantelle Jane Fillier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it on the internet

[Tim Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid Daisy, but not genius. Nevertheless, a very convincing depiction of London.

[Daisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A real throwback to reading the 'Daisy' books when I was little!

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Daisy books so much, and reading one about Londen, I even bette.

Happy reading 📚 😊 ☺️ 😀

[Elsie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So funny

[The Bauchler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daisy isn't as funny as she used to be but then, I suppose, we ARE 16 books in.

3.5*

[Cecilmgo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it. So many laugh out loud moments with Daisy doing simple every day things in ACTUAL LONDON, like using an escalator, a toilet, ticket machine & drinking a fruit shoot! Kes Gray at his best. Loved seeing more of Garry Parsons’ own style in the cover and illustrations.