Daisy Gets Lost

Daisy Gets Lost is a 2013 Children's picture book by Chris Raschka. It is a sequel of the 2011 book A Ball for Daisy and is about Daisy chasing a squirrel, becoming lost in a forest, but than being reunited with her owner.

Daisy Gets Lost
AuthorChris Raschka
IllustratorChris Raschka
Cover artistChris Raschka
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2013 (Schwartz & Wade Books)
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780449817414
OCLC823927609
Preceded byA Ball for Daisy 

Reception

In a starred review of Daisy Gets Lost Publishers Weekly wrote "Raschka again demonstrates his gift for visually capturing a sweeping range of feeling and emotion, from the gleam in the squirrel’s eye to Daisy’s wide-eyed alarm as she realizes her predicament."[1] Martha Parravano reviewing the book for The Horn Book Magazine suggested it be considered for the Caldecott Medal.[2]

Daisy Gets Lost has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[3] Common Sense Media,[4] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,[5] School Library Journal,[6] and Booklist.[7]

References

  1. "Daisy Gets Lost". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. August 26, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. Martha V. Parravano (October 13, 2013). "Daisy Gets Lost (but hopefully not by the Caldecott committee)". Horn Book Guides. Media Source Inc. Retrieved April 24, 2019. As noted, Daisy Gets Lost is a companion book to a previous recent Caldecott winner. What are its chances this year? I sure “find” it distinguished.
  3. "Daisy Gets Lost". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. August 15, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2019. The duckling Daisy in Jane Simmons’ Come Along, Daisy! (1998) may be more venturesome, but young children will readily identify with the mix of high spirits and vulnerability this Daisy, literally and figuratively fetching, displays.
  4. Regan McMahon. "Daisy Gets Lost". www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved April 24, 2019. Once again, author-illustrator Chris Raschka tells a layered, emotional story with very few words and spare, watercolor brushstrokes.
  5. Deborah Stevenson (December 2013). "Raschka, Chris. Daisy Gets Lost; written and illus. by Chris Raschka". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Johns Hopkins University Press. 67 (4): 234. Retrieved April 24, 2019. The lack of text (“Go get it, Daisy!,” calls for “Daisy!,” and Daisy’s desperate howl are the only words in the book), may make this a bit challenging to share with larger groups, but small groups and lap-sitters will enjoy figuring out the action from the pictures and narrating the events themselves.
  6. "Daisy Gets Lost". School Library Journal. Media Source Inc. 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2019. Whether a cautionary tale or one familiar to any pet owner, this book is a must for Daisy fans everywhere.
  7. Daniel Kraus. "Daisy Gets Lost". Booklist. American Library Association. Retrieved April 24, 2019. That tag around Daisy's neck is a Caldecott Medal, which means this is one dog every library is going to want to bring home.
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