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  • Bibliography:
    103 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2000
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Daisy

1 - Daisy and the Trouble with Life (May-2007)
2 - Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos (Aug-2009)
3 - Daisy and the Trouble with Giants (Aug-2009)
4 - Daisy and the Trouble with Kittens (Jun-2010)
5 - Daisy and the Trouble with Christmas (Aug-2010)
6 - Daisy and the Trouble with Maggots (Sep-2010)
7 - Daisy and the Trouble with Coconuts (Apr-2013)
8 - Daisy and the Trouble with Burglars (Aug-2013)
9 - Daisy and the Trouble with Sports Days (Jul-2014)
10 - Daisy and the Trouble with Piggy Banks (Jul-2015)
11 - Daisy and the Trouble with Vampires (Oct-2016)
12 - Daisy and the Trouble with Chocolate (Mar-2017)
13 - Daisy and the Trouble with School Trips (Aug-2018)
14 - Daisy and the Trouble with Nature (Mar-2020)
15 - Daisy and the Trouble With Unicorns (Mar-2021)
16 - Daisy and the Trouble With London (Mar-2022)
17 - Daisy and the Trouble With Space (Jan-2024)
18 - Daisy and the Trouble with Shopping (Feb-2025)
Eat Your Peas (Sep-2000)
Yuk! (Mar-2005)
You Do! (Apr-2006)
006 and a Half (Apr-2007)
Really, Really (Feb-2016)
006 and a Bit (Aug-2016)
Tiger Ways (Aug-2016)
Daisy and the Trouble With Jack (Sep-2021)

Get Well Friends

1 - Pedro Has a Bump! (Nov-2014)
2 - Zoe Gets the Jitters! (Apr-2015)
3 - Nurse Nibbles and Her Get Well Friends (Jun-2015)
4 - Pepe Takes a Tumble (Nov-2015)

Nelly the Monster Sitter

1 - Grerks (Oct-2012)
2 - Squurms (Oct-2012)
3 - Water Greeps (Oct-2012)
4 - Cowcumbers (Oct-2012)
5 - Pipplewaks (Oct-2012)
6 - Atligators (Oct-2012)
7 - Huffaluks (Oct-2012)
8 - Muggots (Oct-2012)
9 - Thermitts (Oct-2012)
10 - Polabores (Oct-2012)
11 - Digdiggs (Oct-2012)
12 - Dendrilegs (Oct-2012)
13 - Ultravores (Oct-2012)
14 - Rimes (Oct-2012)
15 - Wattwatts (Oct-2012)

Book List in Order: 103 titles








  • A fantastical birthday story reminds us never to underestimate the power of an empty bucket - or a child’s imagination!

    Billy’s birthday is coming, and there’s only one thing he wants. It’s not a computer game, or new sneakers, or a sh...



  • "We've always been your mom and pop. And you'll always be our Twitchy!"

    "Pop," said Twitchy, "why don't you and Mom hop like I do?"

    Twitchy and his parents live in a burrow and munch on carrots, just like any bunny family. But when Twit...



  • If you liked Eat Your Peas, Really, Really and You Do, you will love this fourth Daisy book.

    Auntie Sue is getting married and she has asked Daisy to be her bridesmaid. But Daisy doesn’t do dresses and she certainly doesn’t do lovely. Ever...



  • In 'Ever So, Ever So', the baby that was growing in 'Baby On Board' is brought home from the hospital. But the grown-ups are paying so much attention to the baby that they seem to have forgotten about big sister. So big sister does what she can to ge...



  • Say hello to quick-witted, determined Daisy-sure to be the Junie B. Jones of the picture book set! In this second book in the series, You Do!, Daisy notices that her mom has some of the same bad habits she chastises Daisy for having. Mom denies it bu...



  • Kes Gray won the Federation of Children's Book Groups overall prize in 2001 and was the Best Picture Book winner again in 2004 and 2005. A strong theme that will strike a chord with every parent who has to go to work. David Milgrim's wonderfully quir...








  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. Things just seem to get stickier and stickier when she monster sits for the Ultravores but it doesn't compare to how lost for words she is at the Rimes. And with even more fighting with...





  • Move over, James Bond -- Daisy is going undercover!In this hilarious third book in the quickly growing series, Daisy decides she wants to play her favorite dress-up game: spies! But how can she accomplish her missions if no one understands her secre...



  • It’s SOOOOOOOOOOO unfair. Daisy’s been grounded. No HOPPING or SKIPPING, FLYING or PARACHUTING. She’s lucky she's even been allowed out of her bedroom after what she's done. But what HAS she done that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO naughty? That’s the T...



  • It's Flynn's first day at school and he's nervous about making a mistake. An amusing story unfolds as Flynn's parents recount the mistakes others have made: Police officer Julie Nick gave a robber an ice cream and Ned Mutton tried to milk the chicken...



  • Poo is a problem in ancient Rome -- and also a forbiddenus wordus. Vesuvius, the Roman inventor, has been trying to solve the problem for many years with no luck. But one night he is struck by inspiration!...



  • Fee Fi Fo Fum! What has Daisy gone and done?! Daisy has decided she wants to meet a REAL giant! If Daisy met a real giant he'd pick Daisy up and put her on his shoulder and they'd have giant adventures! They'd eat crunchy creams as big as tractor tyr...



  • It's Daisy's birthday and she's having a special birthday treat! Mum has invited her best friends, Gabby and Dylan, on a trip to the zoo - and, best of all, Mum has arranged for Daisy to go into the actual penguin cage with the actual zoo...



  • Daisy is going on holiday! In an actual plane to actual Spain! It's so exciting! She's never seen a palm tree before, or eaten octopus, or played zombie mermaids, or made so many new friends! TROUBLE is, five of them are small and cute and furry kitt...






  • Daisy has been EXTREMELY excited about Christmas since September. And when Daisy is excited, TROUBLE will surely follow!Daisy loves the carols, the sparkly lights, the crackers, the snowmen, and especially the chance to be in the school Christmas pla...



  • Daisy is incredibly excited when her uncle offers to take her on a fishing trip. There's so much new stuff to learn! Like how water witches turn fishermen into dog poos, why supermarkets don't stock picknicky things like lemonade and chicken ...





  • Oh dear! All these animals are poorly! Hamish the Hamster got his whiskers caught up in his wheel. Dipak the Dalmatian's spots came out in stripes. Paul the Python's tail is is a knot and Connie the Crocodile broke her tooth biting a rhino's bottom!B...



  • Hodder Children's Books welcomes a wonderful, vibrant new set of characters to our list - the Get Well Friends.It is a beautiful Polar morning. The sun is shining, the icebergs are glistening, and Pedro decides to start the day with an early morning ...



  • In this sensitively told story, a little boy is feeling sad because every day he has to face a bully. But the little boy also has friends. A frog, a cat, a rabbit, a cow, and other animal friends insist on helping him, even after he tells them: "Ther...



  • It was a beautiful day in Africa. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and all the zebras were peacefully eating their lunch. All exceot for Zoe who is so busy looking out for big, scary animals that she doesn't look where she is going and tr...



  • Chesney the Cheetah has entered the Champion of Champions Cheetah Chase Race. But he trains so super duper hard and runs so super duper fast that his spots can't keep up and all fall off!

    Don't worry, with a little help from Nurse Nibbles an...



  • Momo the Monkey loves playing high in the trees throwing mangos onto the animals below. But when someone has enough of his tricks and decides to teach Momo a lesson he soon goes tumbling to the ground!Don't worry, with a little help from Nurse Nibble...



  • Nelly's phone is still ringing with lots more monster sitting requests - and each one is full of strange surprises! From helping Altigators face their fears, battling venomous Tooth Furries, to taking care of Pipplewak eggs - Nelly's monster-sitting ...






  • Nelly's phone is still ringing with lots more monster sitting requests - and each one is full of strange surprises! From helping Altigators face their fears, battling venomous Tooth Furries, to taking care of Pipplewak eggs - Nelly's monster-sitting ...



  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. She certainly can't believe it when she sits a monster who wants to do absolutely nothing! Or when she has to rescue the smallest monster she's encountered yet - but nothing can prepare...



  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. She certainly can't believe it when she sits a monster who wants to do absolutely nothing! Or when she has to rescue the smallest monster she's encountered yet - but nothing can prepare...



  • Ever played fetch with a four-eyed Grerk or made pancakes with a giant orange squurm? Nelly isn't scared of monsters. In fact she babysits for them. Every night, Nelly the monster sitter looks after a new friend, but its never easy...Glug, the baby G...



  • Nelly is as busy as ever monster-sitting strange and unusual monster babies. With inviting Huffaluks to her birthday barbeque, struggling to frighten Muggots to sleep and stopping Thermitts from melting, Nelly's monster-sitting adventures continue to...



  • Nelly is as busy as ever monster-sitting strange and unusual monster babies. With inviting Huffaluks to her birthday barbeque, struggling to frighten Muggots to sleep and stopping Thermitts from melting, Nelly's monster-sitting adventures continue to...



  • Nelly's phone is still ringing with lots more monster sitting requests - and each one is full of strange surprises! From helping Altigators face their fears, battling venomous Tooth Furries, to taking care of Pipplewak eggs - Nelly's monster-sitting ...



  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. She certainly can't believe it when she sits a monster who wants to do absolutely nothing! Or when she has to rescue the smallest monster she's encountered yet - but nothing can prepare...



  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. Things just seem to get stickier and stickier when she monster sits for the Ultravores but it doesn't compare to how lost for words she is at the Rimes. And with even more fighting with...



  • Ever played fetch with a four-eyed Grerk or made pancakes with a giant orange squurm? Nelly isn't scared of monsters. In fact she babysits for them. Every night, Nelly the monster sitter looks after a new friend, but its never easy...Slop, the five a...






  • Nelly is as busy as ever monster-sitting strange and unusual monster babies. With inviting Huffaluks to her birthday barbeque, struggling to frighten Muggots to sleep and stopping Thermitts from melting, Nelly's monster-sitting adventures continue to...



  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. Things just seem to get stickier and stickier when she monster sits for the Ultravores but it doesn't compare to how lost for words she is at the Rimes. And with even more fighting with...



  • Ever played fetch with a four-eyed Grerk or made pancakes with a giant orange squurm? Nelly isn't scared of monsters. In fact she babysits for them. Every night, Nelly the monster sitter looks after a new friend, but its never easy...Nelly can't beli...



  • Nelly's monster sitting adventures are always full of surprises. Things just seem to get stickier and stickier when she monster sits for the Ultravores but it doesn't compare to how lost for words she is at the Rimes. And with even more fighting with...



  • He didn't! He hasn't! He wouldn't! He isn't!

    Yes, he REALLY is. Ned is running riot - in the nuddy!
    Skipping down the garden path, cartwheeling along the high street, spinning into the pizzeria - Ned just can't be stopped!

    I'm Nuddy...



  • 'The trouble with coconuts is they are the worst type of nuts in the whole wide world. If you ask me, coconuts shouldn’t be allowed in a funfair. If you double ask me, they shouldn’t even be allowed to grow. Coconuts are too big. Coconuts are too...



  • Get into double trouble with Daisy in this fantastic collection, featuring her first two troublesome tales: Daisy and the Trouble with Life and Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos. Trouble is, which story will you read first? ...



  • Daisy's back, and getting into more trouble than ever--this time as a detective No matter the occasion, Daisy just can't help getting into trouble When a series of burglaries baffle Daisy's neighborhood, Daisy wants to help. Along with Gabby and D...



  • From the bestselling team behind Mum and Dad Glue and Leave Me Alone comes a comforting and compelling story about worries and self-esteem.

    When a little girl feels worried she goes into a world of her own. At first the world is full of crea...



  • There is a baby growing inside Mum's tum. At one month, he is just a blob - at two months, he is half a piece of chewing gum long - and at three months he is as big as Mum's thumb. Watch him grow as the pages get bigger....






  • Daisy's getting into trouble again, and this time it's at her school Sports Day! Daisy's determined to win her race, and she and best friend Gabby have been training hard. They're going for gold! They're in the zone! They're s...



  • It is a beautiful Polar morning. The sun is shining, the icebergs are glistening, and Pedro decides to start the day with an early morning swim! He gets ready to dive in, tucks in his tummy, point his beak to the sky, and dives high, high, high in...



  • Nurse, love, and care for them all! And they will get better in the end! It was a beautiful day in Africa. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and all the zebras were peacefully eating their lunch. All except for Zoe, who is so busy looking ...



  • Nurse, love, and care for them all! And they will get better in the end! Oh dear! Hamish the Hamster got his whiskers caught up in his wheel. Dipak the Dalmatian's spots came out in stripes. Paul the Python's tail is is a knot, and Connie the Crocodi...



  • Daisy's getting into more trouble than ever before! When her best friend Gabby turns up at Daisy's house with the most awesome, immense, water-squirting micro-scooter Daisy's ever seen, Daisy knows she's got to have one too! Trouble i...



  • This book has got legs--the question is, just how many are there? In this zany, laugh-out-loud counting book, little readers are challenged to figure out how many legs there would be in a room if lots of many-legged friends showed up. How many legs w...





  • Pepe the Puppy wants to show the world what a big dog he has become, but it all ends up with a trip and a tumble! Don't worry, with a little help from Nurse Nibbles and his Get Well Friends, he'll soon be feeling better.

    Get Well Friends' t...



  • From the award-winning Kes Gray and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes an hilarious tale about one duck's quest for a missing vowel! Quentin was a duck with a very quick quack. 'QUCK!' said Quentin. 'What's wrong with me?' Que...



  • Here comes trouble! A super-dooper picture book featuring the one and only Daisy! When Daisy gets left with a babysitter for the first time, she fibs and says that she usually has ice-cream and chips for tea, never gets dirty, and always stays up ...




  • Daisy's getting into double the trouble in this fantastic collection! Whether she's making lots of furry friends on her summer holiday in Spain, or trying to win a coconut at the fair, one thing's for sure - there's always trouble when Daisy's about....



  • Here comes trouble!

    A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants!

    Daisy is back and this time she''s not just Daisy...



  • Here comes trouble! A super-dooper picture book featuring the one and only Daisy! Join Daisy on her imaginary romp through the jungle, where she is adopted by tigers and must learn the "tiger way" to survive. Still it's not all bad: she gets to li...



  • It’s Halloween and Daisy is going trick-or-treating for the very first time. In the dark . . . in the fog . . . with a VAMPIRE . . . armed only with a torch and some silly string. GULP!The funny, spooky and totally troublesome tale from the bestsel...



  • Santa's sleigh was on its way just leaving Lanzarote. "Goodness Gracious," Blitzen cried. "Did I just see a botty?" It's Christmas Eve, and minus three, but Ned doesn't care. While other people are dressed in duffle coats and parkas, Ned is run...



  • Daisy is SO excited! She's been picked to look after the class hamsters, Pickle and Pops, over the Easter holidays - AND her mum's taking her to Chocolate Land!!! Trouble is, the two things probably shouldn't mix...The totally troublesome and laugh-o...



  • Zippo doesn't want to be an ordinary hippo. He wants to be super! Being good at swimming and splashing in mud aren't really superpowers, though. Perhaps he can fly, like his friend Roxi. But who's ever heard of a flying hippopotamus? Especially one w...



  • "You know the rules," said cat. "Cats sit on mats, frogs sit on logs, and dogs sit on FROGS!" "Well, I'm changing the rules," said the frog. In this hilarious sequel to FROG ON A LOG?, frog decides that he does not want to sit on a log, and he ...



  • The second brilliant book in the Jack Beechwhistle series. The world's a dangerous place. Luckily, Jack Beechwhistle is around to protect it. He might look like an ordinary boy, but really he's a junior secret agent. He's tackled all sorts of mis...





  • A brilliantly funny picture book about what happens the night before Christmas Eve - from the bestselling author of Oi Frog!'Twas the night before the night before Christmas (That's Christmas Eve Eve). And Santa was wiping his brow on his sleeve.Gree...



  • The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!

    This absurdly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book is guaranteed to get children giggling!
    From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog. *Over 1 million copies sold*
    ...



  • Ice Cream Cone Worm. Monkeyface Prickleback. Pink Fairy Armadillo. You're called WHAT?! Welcome to the Ministry of Silly Animal Names where all the creatures have one thing in common: they want to change their names. A unique and rip-roaringly fun...



  • Nelly isn't scared of monsters. In fact, she babysits for them. From the bestselling author of the OI FROG! and DAISY books comes this hilarious, action-packed series for fans of THE BOLDS and BARRY LOSER.'If monsters are real, how come I've never se...



  • Nelly isn't scared of monsters. In fact, she babysits for them. From the bestselling author of the OI FROG! and DAISY books comes this hilarious, action-packed series for fans of THE BOLDS and BARRY LOSER.'If monsters are real, how come I've never se...



  • Daisy is going on a school trip to Bobbington Hall, with lots of other children and few teachers. There'll be suits of armour, there'll be olden toilets and there may even be secret passages. Trouble is, can anyone find them? And what happens if th...



  • A simple mix and match book, with characters from the bestselling Oi Frog books. Perfect for younger fans of the series!

    According to Frog ...
    Cats sit on gnats
    Dogs sit on logs
    Raccoons sit on macaroons
    Armadillos sit on pillows...




  • The story of Humpty Dumpty and his nursery rhyme friends, reimagined by Kes Gray, bestselling creator of Oi Frog!.Humpty Dumpty and his nursery rhyme friends are discussing what they want to be when they grow up. Humpty wants to be a boiled egg, but ...



  • Say goodbye to boredom with this fun-packed rhyming sticker activity book, sure to keep the little ones entertained for hours at home! Featuring everyone's favourite characters from the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends series.Oi! Are you ready for som...




  • Another brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book, jam-packed with cute puppies and silliness, from the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog! Dog is looking after some puppies. Quite a few puppies, actually, and none of them...



  • The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud new Daisy adventure, from bestselling author of the Oi Frog series, Kes Gray.Here comes trouble! Daisy and her class are so excited when their new school nature garden is unveiled. But the trouble with their nature garden...



  • A fun-packed rhyming sticker activity book, featuring all your favourite characters from the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends series.Oi! Get ready for rhyming phonics fun! Join Frog, Dog and Cat and have fun with phonics in this hilarious new sticker ...



  • Armadillos sit on pillows, bunnies sit on honey and cheetahs sit on fajitas... Let Frog, Dog and Cat guide you through the alphabet from Aardvark to Zebra in this hilarious new picture book from the creators of Oi Frog! With a special fold-out surpr...




  • The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud Daisy adventure for readers of 6-9, from bestselling author of the Oi Frog series, Kes Gray.Here comes trouble!It's Gabby's birthday and Daisy is the GUEST OF HONOUR at her party!!!What's even more exciting is that Gabby ...



  • A laugh-out-loud musical story full of hilarious word play and silliness from the author of Oi Frog!, brilliantly illustrated by Fred Blunt.Flinty Bo Diddle is writing a tune for his fiddle. All his diddles have lined up nicely - except for one who k...



  • The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends!

    A brilliantly funny, rhyming read-aloud picture book. Jam-packed with animals and silliness!
    From the bestselling, multi-award-winning creators of Oi Frog. *Over 1 million copies sold*







  • The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud Daisy adventure for readers of 6-9, from bestselling author of the Oi Frog series, Kes Gray.Here comes trouble!Daisy is off to actual, actual London for the day!!!Nanny and Grampy are taking her to see the Tower of London...







  • The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud new Daisy adventure, from bestselling author of the Oi Frog series, Kes Gray.Here comes trouble!Daisy and her class have SPACE FEVER after a talk about stars, moons and faraway planets. THEN their teacher announces they'r...



  • Ahoy there! But what is a hoy, and why can Pirate Jake never see one?! No matter how hard he looks, Jake cannot see the mysterious hoys he keeps hearing so much about. How can he ever be a proper pirate if he can’t see a hoy? With his parrot on his...



  • From the author of best-selling Oi Frog! comes an absurdly funny and heartwarming lift-the-flap picture book about two giraffe friends, who are out on a walk together.Meet Torla, the taller-than-average giraffe, and Smorla, who’s… well, ...



  • The BRAND NEW, laugh-out-loud Daisy adventure, from bestselling author of the Oi Frog series, Kes Gray.Here comes trouble!Daisy is NOT excited about today's plan. Her mum and nan are taking her clothes shopping because of all the "incredible" sales. ...



  • A mouse in a house. We’ve all been there. It’s a relatable tale. But this time, it’s different... this mouse stops at nothing. She's even nibbled this book! Her first course was my skirting boardYou know the shapes mice makeI t...



  • From the author of bestselling Oi Frog! comes an absurdly funny and heartwarming lift-the-flap picture book about two giraffe friends.Meet Torla, the taller-than-average giraffe, and Smorla, who’s… well, smaller than average. In The Deep...



  • This imaginative collection of engaging short stories is perfect for all kids, from those who love reading, to those who struggle with books. From a spaceship flight into a Black Hole, to a genie that comes out of a ketchup bottle; from a magical pen...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kes Gray has published 103 books.

The next book by Kes Gray, Good Bits, will be published in September 2025.

The first book by Kes Gray, The Get Well Soon Book, was published in September 2000.

Yes. Kes Gray has 3 series.