From the day of her birth, Daisy Dikdocks has ‘Pinkitis’—a condition which spells out a life as Naughty in Pink. With her clever mind and expressive face, she is a challenge to all those in authority, including her mum, never quite disobeying but finding ways to create mayhem wherever she goes. Her special friends love her naughty attitude and her ability to think up funny pranks and clever tricks that she performs on their teachers. Her mischief at school and outside makes life exciting and fun for all of them when Daisy is around.Her school principal, Sister Thelma, believes that Daisy is leader of a gang that is causing all the trouble at school. She is resolved to outwit Daisy, discover the gang and stop all the nonsense with the threat of a single large bottle marked ‘SLIME’ on her desk. But will she be able to link Daisy to the havoc at the school? Or will Daisy be able to outwit her principal and preserve her gang of special friends?
Born in Brighton, England, David was educated at Varndean Grammar School before migrating to Australia. He gained first-class BSc Honours and PhD degrees at the University of Tasmania before joining the University of Western Australia.
He was rapidly promoted to Professor and Director of a major research centre, winning numerous medals and awards for his research and research publications in Economic Geology, including papers in the prestigious journal Nature and Scientific American.
He was awarded an Honorary DSc from the University of
Western Australia and was elected as a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Science.
As Emeritus Professor, he commenced writing novels with
his first published work being The Digital Apocalypse.
Naughty in Pink is his first children’s novel.
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We love this book, mainly for its description of a lively and lovely girl. The illustrations were especially lovely, which effectively carries the little girl’s personalities from the page, just like a little girl in our neighbourhood. Reading this book is the same as accompanying my daughter and makes me feel comfortable.
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I have just finished reading the book. It is a fantastic journey to go with the authors to meet the amazing world. I look forward to seeing my little son will be able to understand and listen to my reading in a short future.
The story and journal in the book itself indeed are pretty good, and if I were the authors, I would put more pictures that will be much easier for the young kids. By the way, is there any way that we could get a Chinese version for this copy?
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This book is really funny, not only for kids! I rarely laughed so much while reading this book. The main character appears to be so real and she reminds me of a friend from my school years. I have bought a copy for my little nephew, too.
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Pretty in Pink was written by my grandfather, and Daisy's appearance, and maybe a couple of the stories in the book are based on me, my brother Josh and my imaginary friend Murray!
The story is fun, full of laughs and practical jokes. It reminds me of when Dogly (our name for our Grandfather) used to tell us stories of Daisy Dikdocks silly antics. We would laugh for hours staying up late listening to her adventures.
We have bought some copies of the book to give to my friends and I hope you do too, because it lots of fun, a little bit naughty and a very good read. I hope the next edition of Daisy's adventures comes out soon!!
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A funny and entertaining story perfect for primary school children.
Highly recommended to read aloud to younger children or for them to read themselves.
Everyone will get a giggle out of this one.
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I loved this story. The original telling of the adventures of Daisy Dikdocks kept my children entertained for hours. Great to see it in print!
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What a fantastic children's book! Reminds me of the stories my grandfather used to tell me when I was young! Very well written and well illustrated, we need more children's books like this.
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As a mother of a 6-year-old girl named Elly, who has the honor to be a character of this story, I really enjoyed all the naughty things that Daisy did in this book. I couldn’t help myself laughing when reading the book to Elly, and she is thrilled to be a character in the book and likes it so much. It takes love and childlike hearts to note down the daily behavior of girls and, more importantly, the writer must have the mind of a naughty kid inside him to think of all these funny stories. I think that Professor David Groves fits this description of an observant and amusing writer very well.
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