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 Yuk! Kes Gray
 Yuk! Kes Gray ... But Daisy doesn’t do dresses and she certainly doesn’t do lovely. Every dress Daisy tries on is “Yuk!” until she finally manages to strike a deal and design her own dress.Newest Review: ... her to come and try some dresses on pointing out that Daisy would look lovely in a dress.......... the problem is that Daisy ... more ... doesn't 'do' lovely!'
So off they go to the wedding dress shop. Daisy tries a host of frilly, over the top, meringue type dresses on and to each she says 'YUK'. I'm in agreement with Daisy on this as they are on the whole horrendous!
With Daisy not 'playing the game', everyone feels that they had run out of ideas until Daisy makes a suggestion. She proposes that she will in fact wear a dress if she can draw / design it and so exhausted were they, the adults agreed.
The next double page involves Daisy creating her dr...more |
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Yuk! Kes Gray: Challenging Stereotypes (904 words)
by - written on 16/03/07 (Very useful, 109 readings)
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This is a really popular series of books with the 4 - 6 year old girls I teach and even the boys can appreciate the humour in the illustrations, though I would hate to have a Daisy in my house, too much back-chat!! ~ Daisy Books ~ Daisy is a little girl whose naughtiness and cheekiness, really appeals to the children in my class. She's a bit of a tomboy and doesn't do dresses etc which is great as she goes a little way to challenge stereotypes. There are quite a few books in the series, some of which I have listed below: * Really, Really * Eat Your Peas * If I was Boss * A Bunch of Daisies * You ... Read the complete review
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