Books by the author KES GRAY
Billy's Bucket
Kes Gray
Billy wants only one thing for his birthday - a bucket. Inside it, he can see all kinds of magnificent sea creatures. But Mum and Dad are sceptical and, when Dad unwittingly uses the bucket to clean his car, he's in for a big surprise!
Characters: Billy
Daisy: Eat Your Peas
Kes Gray
Here comes trouble!A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants!Daisy does NOT like peas. And there is NOTHING that will get her to eat them.Mum says she can have an extra pudding, a chocolate factory or a space rocket with DOUBLE RETRO LASER BLAMMERS - but it just won't work! Can quick-thinking Daisy save her tea time and come up with a cunning plan to turn the tables on Mum?This wickedly funny story will appeal to cheeky children everywhere (especially fussy eaters!).
Characters: Daisy
Daisy: Really, Really
Kes Gray
Here comes trouble!A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants!Mum is off out, and Daisy is left with a babysitter for the first time! Will she be good, and stick to the rules? Of course not! Daisy starts telling fibs that she usually eats ICE-CREAM AND CHIPS for tea, NEVER needs a bath and watches telly until MIDNIGHT.“Really?” asks her babysitter? “Really, really” fibs Daisy.. . . But what will happen when Mum comes home?A laugh-out-loud story about a familiar family experience that will appeal to any child who likes to tell a fib every now and then.
Characters: Daisy
Daisy: Tiger Ways
Kes Gray
Here comes trouble!A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants!Daisy’s mum has been taken off by a herd of elephants! So Daisy does the only sensible thing: she joins a pack of tigers, and learns the ‘tiger way’ to survive.It’s not all bad. She gets to live in a cave, sleep in trees and - best of all - she doesn’t need to take a bath because EVERYONE knows ALL cats are afraid of water!But Daisy can’t stay as a tiger forever . . . can she?A grrr-eat story that will appeal to wild children everywhere (and the grown-ups who tame them!).
Characters: Daisy
Daisy: You Do!
Kes Gray
Here comes trouble!A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants!Daisy's Mum tells her: “Don't pick your nose!” “You do!” says Daisy!Daisy’s Mum tells her: “Don’t slurp your soup!” “You do!” says Daisy!EVERY TIME Daisy’s Mum tells her off for a bad habit, Daisy reminds Mum of when she did the same! Daisy is certainly very observant. . .A hilarious story that will appeal to cheeky children everywhere (and their long-suffering grown-ups!).
Characters: Daisy
Daisy: Yuk!
Kes Gray
Here comes trouble!A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants!Auntie Sue is getting married and she's asked Daisy to be her bridesmaid! But Daisy doesn't do dresses and she CERTAINLY DOESN’T DO LOVELY. She WILL wear:A football kitScuba gearHer leopard skin suitBut Mum and Auntie Sue STILL drag her to a dress shop! And everything in there is ‘YUK!’Can Daisy strike a deal and wear a dress that is perfect for her?A laugh-out-loud story that will appeal to cheeky children everywhere (and their extremely patient grown-ups!).
Quick Quack Quentin
Kes Gray
From the creators of the bestselling Oi Frog! Frog comes an hilarious tale about one duck's quest for a missing vowel!Quentin was a duck with a very quick quack.'QUCK!' said Quentin. 'What's wrong with me?'Quentin's quack has lost its A. Do any of the other animals have one to spare? Not likely! APES don't want to be PES. SNAKES don't want to be SNKES. PANDAS don't want to be PNDAS or even PANDS. Will Quentin be stuck with a very quick QUCK?!Brilliant for reading out loud and teaching children about vowels and animals.Praise for Oi, Frog! also by Kes Gray and Jim Field: 'An absolute treat.' - Daily MailKes 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.Jim Field is a lead-driven, pencil-pushing, 25-frames-per-second Led Zeppelin fan. He is also a hugely talented illustrator and animation director. His first picture book Cats Ahoy! won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.Oi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! is a World Book Day book in 2018.
Characters: Quentin
Super Daisy
Kes Gray
Cripes! Planet Earth is in DANGER! It's on a fatal collision course with Planet Pea! If they crash then Planet Pea will explode into a gazillionpillionkillion peas, and that means only one thing . . . there'll be PEAS . . . WITH EVERYTHING!!!!The fate of dinner-times world wide rests with Super Daisy.A super-fun , action-packed story with flaps, split pages and pull tabs.Readers will love taking control of the action:Pull a tab to reveal the HORROR of peas with pancakes, lemonade, chocolate mousse and trifle!Flip a flap to find out just how SUPER Super Daisy is.Turn the page to watch Super Daisy wreak havoc on all peas with a KER-POW, WHIZ-PING and BANG-SPLAT.With bold illustrations, and fun novelties, this book will provide hours of fun, again and again.
Characters: Daisy
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