| Title | : | Daisy Gets Lost |
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| ISBN | : | 0449817415 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780449817414 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
| Publication | : | First published October 8, 2013 |
With the same emotional intensity that he brought to his New York Times bestselling, New York Times Best Illustrated, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book A Ball for Daisy, Raschka has created a story that explores fear as only he can. Any child who has ever felt lost will relate to Daisy's despair upon finding herself in an unfamiliar part of the park after chasing a squirrel. In a nearly wordless picture book, Daisy encounters the unease of being lost and the joys of being found. Raschka's signature swirling, impressionistic illustrations and his affectionate story will particularly appeal to young dog lovers, teachers, parents and, of course, the legions of Daisy fans out there.
Daisy Gets Lost Reviews
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Once again, with only one or two exceptions:
I DO NOT LIKE CHRIS RASCHKA'S ART!
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Second in the Daisy picture book series for children, ages 3–7, and revolving around a young puppy.
My Take
Daisy Gets Lost is all about "the confusion and fear of getting lost followed by the joy of being found".
Wow, Raschka's simple and primitive graphics are great with a fabulous use of color! Explore Daisy's posture and facial expressions with the kids…because, dang, they're good!
You can feel the fear on the two page spreads when Daisy realizes she's lost, and Raschka has made excellent use of plants to enhance that fear, both in the close-up and in the aerial view.
You may want to explore that fear with your kids. How scared you'd be if your child were the lost one. How they would feel if they couldn't find Mommy or Daddy. And using the puppy as the one who's lost to keep real fear at bay. I suspect the kids can empathize with fear if applied to a loved puppy or kitten!
The ending pages are also expressive in Daisy and her owner's relief.
Ya don't have to use much in the way of words, if you can paint like Raschka.
The Story
A fun day at the park, playing with her girl, chasing that wily squirrel leads to one lost puppy!
The Characters
Daisy is a white puppy with a big nose on her big head. Her owner is a young girl. That cheeky squirrel is fast.
The Cover and Title
The cover is very cheerful with the watercolor background of yellows and blues. Two Daisies are on the cover — Raschka has painted her head white but left her body to reflect the background. The leftmost Daisy, backed into a green bush with a tree trunk behind her, is checking out the red-backed sign with the title in white and the author's name below her in the same green. The bottom Daisy is on the run, chasing something into the blue.
The title is the trauma, Daisy Gets Lost. -
Daisy, star of the Caldecott winning
A Ball for Daisy, is back in a new adventure in this beautiful nearly wordless book. Daisy and her human friend are out for a walk in the park with Daisy's blue ball. Daisy's little friend tosses the ball and Daisy runs to fetch it. She is distracted by a squirrel and finds herself lost and confused.
Another beautiful book by Raschka that's able to convey Daisy's emotions so well through watercolor. The color palette for Daisy Gets Lost is wider than in
A Ball for Daisy with rich greens, golds and browns. On one spread Daisy nearly is lost amongst all of the trees, which perfectly conveys her fear about being lost.
A great book to read before heading to the park.
Reviewed from an e-galley on Edelweiss, book available October 8, 2013 -
Young Daisy from A Ball for Daisy goes for a walk with her young human companion. She has a great time chasing her ball and racing through the leaves. A squirrel captures her attention, and off she goes, ending up farther and farther away from anything that is familiar. Her friend calls for her, and Daisy begins to howl because she is frightened and lost. Not only do the watercolor illustrations and the almost wordless text capture Daisy's increasing anxiety and fear through her eyes and posture, but they also show the reasons for her desperation. After all, all that surrounds the dog are trees and leaves. While it's fun to have an adventure, it isn't fun to be separated from all that is familiar. Just about anyone will relate to her howl of longing and the subsequent joy that fills her face and body once dog and girl and reunited. This is another winner from Chris Raschka.
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Have you ever noticed how often squirrels are the harbingers of disaster or chaos? Fortunately the mini-disaster of Daisy getting lost is short lived. Her human promptly comes to the rescue.
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A nearly wordless picturebook, Daisy Gets Lost follows the beloved Daisy as she gets lost in the woods and must find her way out. But with the help of her human, she's able to escape! With Chris Raschka's typical bright and bold illustrations, such a nearly wordless picturebook becomes engaging, reliant on the illustrations and imagery, and perfect for those big-idea kind of kids. Great for grades PreK-2.
Review cross-listed
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Richie's Picks: DAISY GETS LOST by Chris Raschka, Schwartz & Wade, October 2013, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-449-81741-4
"'Go get it, Daisy!'"
In DAISY GETS LOST, Daisy’s young human companion throws a blue ball into the woods. Daisy gets distracted from retrieving the ball by a squirrel and embarks upon a spirited chase that, predictably, ends with a tree. But then Daisy is confused about which way is home. Daisy's young human is very worried about Daisy's disappearance, and she loudly calls the dog's name. Daisy proceeds to howl; the pair reunite; and this results in mega-hugs.
Stories about the early fears of losing something precious to us or of becoming lost appear regularly in picture books for preschoolers. This one certainly ranks among the best of the lot.
The illustrations here are consistent with those of the Caldecott-winning A BALL FOR DAISY, with a couple of the spreads -- showing Daisy immersed in the woods, the sunlight creating colors amidst the trees -- being out of this world. A particular illustration here -- one that depicts Daisy with her front paws up on the squirrel's tree in the instant that she realizes her dilemma -- captures the emotion of that moment so perfectly, and is so incredibly beautiful, that I want to frame it or something.
I can’t wait to see what Daisy does next!
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This is my second wordless book with very cool illustrations by Chris Raschka.
Text-to-self connection: I have a soft spot for dogs, so this book caught my attention right away. Flipping through the pages brought back memories when I used to have two basset hounds. My sisters and I would play with Lucky and Jackpot all the time. There would be times they would escape from our backyard, getting lost around our neighborhood. The emotional pictures made me think what it felt like for Lucky and Jackpot to be confused while lost, and felt happy when they were found.
Text-to-text connection: This book made me think of Clifford the Big Red Dog, a story of the life of a dog named Clifford. There are many different books about Clifford that aren't as similar to "Daisy Gets Lost", but Emily loves Clifford and takes him everywhere, and he even ventures out and makes new friends with the dogs in his neighborhood. This book is also similar to other movies I have seen that I am not sure if they are books: "Shiloh" and "My Dog Skip".
Text-to-world connection: The majority of households have a pet, especially a dog. There have been numerous dogs in my neighborhood I have encountered who are lost. It is a very common thing to come upon, so this book can be related easily to by not only children but even adults who understand what it is like to be Daisy or Daisy's owner. -
I'm not sure I can write a single coherent review of this book, so here's two short ones:
The semi-detached Librarian review is that this is a lovely, well crafted follow up to A Ball for Daisy. Using a simple story and broad watercolor art work, Raschka has created an expressive and evocative world for Daisy and her girl. The subtle changes in the colors as Daisy's mood changes are beautiful and it is nice to see books about dogs who are in fact, dogs. Overall, beautiful storytelling with distinctive art tells a sweet story of a dog who goes a little to far away and the joyous meeting with her girl at the end.
My personal review is that I've had a difficult time with these stories. Not because I don't connect with them, more that I do. The first book taped into stress that left me in tears. I totally admit that was me and not the book. But this one... If someone had asked me to draw a picture of my pervasive, gnawing fears I could just hand them this book. I walked away from my first reading of Daisy Gets Lost just horrified. I know that dogs chase squirrels and that we have to learn how to find our way home. But Good Dog Almighty, do we have to lose Daisy? -
Daisy Gets Lost
By: Chris Raschka
This book is about a young dog named Daisy(from, "A Ball for Daisy") and how she gets lost while playing catch with her owner.
The book's illustration is done in watercolor. Watercolor allows for Raschka to show the change in emotions. Examples of this can be seen when Daisy's owner is looking for her or when Daisy figures out she is lost. When Daisy is lost in all the trees the colors being used in the book seem to get darker and have a scary feeling to them, but when Daisy is with her owner the colors brighten up and the feeling seems calm and at ease.
Another great aspect of the illustration is how the text is tied into the situation that is going on during the story. For example, when Daisy's owner realizes Daisy is lost she screams, "DAISY!" and the text color changes from black to red. In which red signals danger and anxiety.
Overall, Raschka does an amazing job in providing so much emotion and expression to his illustrations. I would definitely read this and others from him in the future. -
Readers will delight in this sequel to A Ball for Daisy. In this near-wordless picture book, Daisy is back in the park with her owner, again chasing her beloved ball. Daisy becomes distracted from her ball when she spies a little brown squirrel. In her efforts to capture the squirrel, Daisy becomes lost. Raschka's use of brown tones and change in color, heighten the story's tension. An aerial view gives the reader the advantage of knowing that dog and owner are not far apart. As Daisy howls and her owner then finds her the hues lighten until we see Daisy and owner united, with the little brown squirrel still in Daisy's view. A delightful book for studying art form, emotion, sequels and real life connections.
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S saw this on the shelf at the library and exclaimed, "Oh, I remember this story!" We've never read this before, so the crazy thing is that he's actually remembering A Ball for Daisy, which we read when he was only a year old. So how he remembers that even vaguely is beyond me, considering he's 5 1/2 now. He checked this out and, because it's a wordless picture book, he was able to read it to himself several times at bedtime. We usually read one or two stories or book chapters together and then he "reads" on his own for a few more minutes before falling asleep, so this was good for that. He also told me he likes reading in his bed in the morning before anyone else is awake when he has "peace and quiet." So I imagine it's good for that purpose as well. :-)
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Raschka, Chris. Daisy Gets Lost. (2013). Daisy, a little white dog, runs into the forest after a squirrel. Told in watercolors with little narrative, she becomes frantic until the end, when she is found. The illustration is soft, impressionistic and emotive, with some vibrant colors, and its predecessor won the 2012 Caldecott, but I don’t find that there is much to capture the imagination. Daisy herself is too simplified to convey much spirit – although other authors have managed to convey much with less. It does provide a good segueway to interact with the ones who you are reading too and discuss what it’s like to be lost. Target audience: 3-7 years.
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This is a story about a dog who gets lost trying to find his toy. It shows him scared and lost not knowing how he got there or how to get back. Luckily, he stays put and his owner searches and searches for him until he is found. Once he is found he can go back to playing with his favorite toy again.
This is a story that can help children to understand what to do when they feel lost. It allows them to know that it is okay and that someone is coming to find them. It helps them understand how to react if they do ever find themselves lost and away from their parents. It is a good and happy book that has a good life long lesson Incorporated into it. -
Daisy the dog, from Chris Raschka’s A Ball for Daisy, has another adventure. She’s back at the park, playing fetch. Her girl tosses the blue ball, and just as Daisy reaches it, she sees… SQUIRREL! Ball forgotten, she chases the squirrel farther and farther, until it dashes up a tree. Daisy turns around and sees nothing familiar. She’s lost! There are very few words in Daisy Gets Lost, all by the little girl as she searches, but enough to tell a sweet lost-and-found story.
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Age: 2 years-Kindergarten
Animals: Dog, pet
Familiar Experience: Getting lost
Daisy and her owner are out for a walk (with Daisy's new blue ball) when a squirrel captures Daisy's attention and steers her deep into a forest. Soon enough, Daisy is lost, looking for her owner. I loved the paneled pictures where the owner is running one way and Daisy is running the other way. Stay in one place when you're lost, Daisy! A fantastic follow-up to A Ball for Daisy with flowing pictures and an easy-to-tell story line for parents and children (because it is nearly wordless). -
Daisy and her owner (a little girl) are playing ball when Daisy gets distracted by a squirrel. Instead of retrieving the ball she chases the squirrel deep into the woods. Daisy and the little girl search for each other and at last are reunited.
I like this book even more than the original Daisy book. It's mostly wordless and the story is translated well that way. I love the way the author gives his characters such a large emotional range, it captures the essence of his stories very well. Ink, watercolor and gouache illustrations. PreK-2.
