Daisy Comes Home

Daisy Comes Home
by Jan Brett

Daisy Comes Home
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Author: Jan Brett
Illustrator: Jan Brett
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-13
ISBN: 0142402702
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Puffin

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Book Review: Can't go wrong with Jan Brett
Summary: 5 Stars

When it comes to beautifully illustrated children's books with a cultural twist, Jan Brett is the first author/illustrator that comes to mind. I have many of Brett's books that all three of my children have cherished over the last several years. I live overseas in Norway and many of Brett's books have a very Scandanavian feel to them. This one, however, is set in China. I have an adopted Chinese daughter and she was thrilled to look at the very detailed illustrations on each and every page of this darling story. The story is one of learning to stand up for yourself in order to be considered an equal amongst your peers. My daughter has me read this story to her almost every night. This is one of those books (along with all my other Jan Brett books) that I will be saving to share with my grandkids someday!

Summary of Daisy Comes Home

Mei Mei has the six happiest hens in China. She gives them treats and fresh hay baths, and when she calls to them-gu gu gu gu gu!-they all run to her as fast as they can. But one of the hens, Daisy, is not always so happy. The other hens pick on Daisy and push her off the perch every night, knowing that she is too small to stand up to them. Then one day Daisy accidentally drifts out onto the river in a basket and must quickly learn how to survive. When Daisy finds her way home, this plucky little hen is no longer afraid.
Jan Brett and her husband, Joe, traveled with their daughter-in-law, Yun, and her husband, Sean, to China, the land where Yun was born. During this trip, Jan found the inspiration for Daisy's story.


Picked on, pecked, and jostled, Daisy the hen is not quite as happy as her Happy Hens market basket might suggest. One evening, fed up with the other pushy hens, Daisy crawls into one of the baskets by the river, and falls asleep. Unaware of the rising river, this put-upon bird winds up floating downstream, past marauding monkeys, snorting water buffalo, and a greedy fisherman. Will Daisy ever make her way back to the home of the little girl Mei Mei and the six happiest hens in all of China? Breaking away from her usual Scandinavian illustrations and stories, Jan Brett embraces the beauty of China in this Story About Ping-inspired picture book. Bamboo poles frame the lavish illustrations of picturesque villages, strangely shaped mountains (Brett incorporates images of the animals into the ranges), and river-life characters. As in The Hat and her many other tales, Brett advances the plot with miniature border details. (Ages 4 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

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