Daisy's Big Night

By Susan Mitchell and Sandra V. Feder

Daisy has always loved making lists of her favorite words. When her neighbor invites her to a poetry party, Daisy learns many new wondrous things she can do with the words she’s collected. But can she create something truly special for the Student Showcase night?

Daisy’s Big Night is the third book in the Daisy series. With its fresh, fun characters and engaging, believable stories, the Daisy series introduces children to the satisfaction of independent reading and the joy of playing with language.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Release date: Feb 6, 2014
• ISBN: 9781771381710

Susan Mitchell

Susan Mitchell is originally from Scotland, where she studied drawing and painting at the Edinburgh College of Art. In 1993, she moved to Montreal, where now lives with her husband and son while working as a freelance commercial illustrator. (Susan has designedmore Christmas cards than Santa has whiskers.) She also illustrated Paula Deen's My First Cookbook.

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For my mother, Shirley, who was creative, inspiring and loving — S.V.F.

For Lisa, my other sister — S.M.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Daisy’s Wonderful Word Lists

Chapter One

Daisy liked running barefoot and feeling the blades of grass between her toes. She liked painting pictures and mixing colors to get the perfect shade of blue for the sky or pink for her best friend Emma’s favorite shoes.

Daisy liked going to the mailbox to get the day’s mail. She especially liked getting letters addressed to her, because they were full of interesting words that were meant for her eyes only. And more than painting or running barefoot, Daisy loved words. She collected her favorite words in a green notebook covered with purple polka dots.

Today, when she got the mail, Daisy was delighted to find a pretty pink envelope with her name on it. She thought it might be a party invitation from one of her friends, so she tried to think of someone who had a birthday in June. School would be ending soon and it would be a great time for a party, but Daisy couldn’t think of anyone. Emma’s birthday was in January and Samantha’s was in October.

The envelope was quite big, though. It looked more like the sort of thing her mother received, inviting her to a baby shower or a dinner party. Daisy looked again to be sure she hadn’t made a mistake. She was right! The envelope did have her name on it. With a loud Yippee! she ran inside.

The envelope was so pretty — pale pink with a trail of little blue flowers along the bottom edge — that Daisy hated to rip it open. On the other hand, she couldn’t wait to find out what was inside. So she got the letter opener from her father’s desk, carefully slit just the very top and pulled out the card. She was surprised by