The heroine of this story is a little mouse, Daisy. Intrepid Daisy does things that all her friends are scared to do - she even eats a worm for a dare. But when she's dared to take the bell off a sleeping cat's collar she very nearly comes unstuck! Anita Jeram is the illustrator of "All Pigs are Beautiful", "My Hen is Dancing","I Love Guinea-Pigs", "Guess How Much I Love You" (shortlisted for the 1994 Kurt Maschler Award) and her own stories "It Was Jake!", included on the National Curriculum SATs reading list, "Bill's Belly Button" and "The Most Obedient Dog in the World".

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2004 by Walker Books Ltd .

Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram's first new collaboration since "Guess How Much I Love You" is being published in October 2004. They both live in Northern Ireland.