Daisy Says Coo! (First Daisy Book) - Hardcover

Simmons, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316797642 ISBN 13: 9780316797641

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2000

Synopsis

Follows the favorite activities of Daisy, a duckling, as she meets and talks to other animals.

About this title

About the Author:

Before Jane could walk she was painting and drawing. She cried after her first day at school because they hadn't taught her to read and write in one day. From then on she hasn't stopped. Jane moved with her family and many animals around the world, living in houses, flats and camper vans moving from school to home education and back to school. Jane has continued to travel, write, draw and paint, always with animals, living in squats, tents, vans and boats. As a mature student she studied a BA in illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and won the highest awards given in the Macmillan Children's Book Prize for both her final two years. Jane shot to fame with the success of her DAISY picture books, all about an irresistible little duck with big feet. More success followed with EBB AND FLO, whose characters were brought to life on television. Jane, her husband, and her menagerie of rescued animals travelled to and around the Mediterranean on her ex-fishing boat home and her adventures have provided the inspiration for many of her books. Most recently Jane has turned her hand to fiction, with the exciting adventures of BERYL GOES WILD and SHIP'S CAT DORIS. Jane is currently living in France with her boat not far away.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-In Coo!, the duckling visits with a bee, a caterpillar, a mouse, a frog, a cow, and some sheep before being reunited with her mother. Children will enjoy the repetition, and will love to chant the animal sounds. While Mama Duck says "Quack, quack," Daisy says, "Coo!" In Day Out, little duck and Mama Duck set off to see Granny. They go "Up and up Slippery Bank,/slip, slip, slop!-Down and under Weepy Willow,/trip, trip, trop!- [and] Through Long Grassy Meadow/swish, swish, swosh!" In both titles, the double-page oil paintings jump off the pages. Simmons's use of blues and greens is especially striking. Children will love this adorable, yellow duck.
Meghan R. Malone, Turner Free Library, Randolph, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316797642
• ISBN 13: 9780316797641
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 8