Book Descriptions
for Daisy by Jessixa Bagley
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Named after her mother’s favorite flower, warthog Daisy gets teased about her name at school. “ 'You don’t look like a daisy,’ said Rose. 'More like a thistle,’ said Violet.” Daisy hangs her head a lot, which is how she discovers treasures that others might call junk. In fact, they do call it junk, and Daisy faces more teasing. Daisy keeps the things she collects at her secret fort, and is intrigued when she starts to find special items waiting for her there—a crystal candy dish, a broken pocket watch that she holds to her ear, imagining the “soft silvery sounds” of ticking hands. Where are they coming from, and why? When Daisy comes upon Fern, a shy skunk, leaving another special item for her, she recognizes a kindred spirit who also sees beauty that others overlook. The emotional honesty of Daisy’s quiet loneliness and the charm of her rendering in watercolors make for a winsome, satisfying, relatable tale of intrinsic worth and an unexpected friendship. (Ages 3-7)
CCBC Choices 2022. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2022. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
When Daisy the warthog's classmates tease her, she finds comfort collecting lost and forgotten things. She knows they're special - and soon she meets a friend who knows it too.
"Daisies seem so simple on the surface, but when you look closely you see their hidden beauty."
That's what Daisy the warthog's mom always says, and it's the reason she got her name. But when Daisy goes to school, she doesn't feel like her name. The other kids, Rose, Violet, and Petunia, make fun of her and call her "Thistle."
Daisy spends a lot of time with her head down, but she doesn't need her classmates to have fun. When she looks at the forest floor, she starts to find all sorts of treasures, beautiful things that were once special and have since been forgotten. The other kids might make fun of her pastime, but it turns out she's not the only one who appreciates the hidden beauty of forgotten things when she meets a like-minded new friend.
With vibrant, sun-dappled art, this is a book for any kid who has trouble fitting in and marches to the beat of their own drum, from the acclaimed author and creator of Boats for Papa, Laundry Day, and Henry and Bea.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A CCBC Choice
"Daisies seem so simple on the surface, but when you look closely you see their hidden beauty."
That's what Daisy the warthog's mom always says, and it's the reason she got her name. But when Daisy goes to school, she doesn't feel like her name. The other kids, Rose, Violet, and Petunia, make fun of her and call her "Thistle."
Daisy spends a lot of time with her head down, but she doesn't need her classmates to have fun. When she looks at the forest floor, she starts to find all sorts of treasures, beautiful things that were once special and have since been forgotten. The other kids might make fun of her pastime, but it turns out she's not the only one who appreciates the hidden beauty of forgotten things when she meets a like-minded new friend.
With vibrant, sun-dappled art, this is a book for any kid who has trouble fitting in and marches to the beat of their own drum, from the acclaimed author and creator of Boats for Papa, Laundry Day, and Henry and Bea.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A CCBC Choice
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
