Kes Gray’s Daisy and the Trouble with Unicorns is a very funny story for 5 year olds about a girl who has sworn she’ll never EVER have anything to do with unicorns.<\/p>\n
Everyone at Daisy’s school is unicorn mad. There are unicorn pencil cases, unicorn socks and a unicorn lunch box. Even the headmaster has a unicorn air freshener in his car! So Daisy and her best friend Gabby have made a secret pact. They’re individuals, and unicorns are not for them.<\/p>\n
Then Gabby has a birthday party. Daisy is the only friend invited, which makes her guest of honour (with her mum’s silver necklace on loan, after a list of conditions). Gabby’s Nana Pru turns up with bright blue hair, blue nails and blue everything. And her special present is two fluffy toy unicorns.<\/p>\n
Who hasn’t had to smile politely at a present they secretly dread? Both girls freeze. Then Daisy has a stroke of genius and suggests they take them upstairs to play, where the unicorns can go straight under the bed.<\/p>\n
What happens next is the best bit. A spare party balloon, a unicorn’s tail and a bit of string turn into a BALLOONICORN. The made-up words just keep on growing from there, and you can almost hear the two of them giggling.<\/p>\n
It’s all told by Daisy herself, which is a lot of the fun. She’s full of opinions and very sure she’s right. Each new problem gets its own “the trouble with” moment, from wrapping a stunt kite to juggling balls that won’t stay in the air. Her mum is patient and quietly very funny too.<\/p>\n
Right from the first page Daisy tells you the unicorns got her into trouble. She and Gabby get told off by their mums, and somehow she ends up having a bath in the middle of the day. Your reader will be dying to find out how.<\/p>\n
There’s a lovely friendship at the heart of it as well. Daisy and Gabby really are “BFFs forever”, and they rescue each other at the awkward moments.<\/p>\n
If you’ve got a reader who loves silly words and a narrator with LOTS to say, this is a great pick.<\/p>\n
If this one goes down well and they haven’t met Daisy yet, try Daisy and the Trouble with Life, where she’s been grounded and is quite sure it’s not fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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