Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers. Curious, smart, funny and fiercely loyal, she sees the extraordinary in the everyday and the wonder in the world around her.In this first book, we are introduced to her family: Mum, who Darcy loves as much as her favourite fried egg and chips, Dad, who is kind and fair if a bit hopeless, and little siblings Hector and Poppy, who Darcy likes dressing up in ridiculous outfits and having dance-offs with, respectively. Plus there's her pet lamb, Lamb-Beth and best friend, Will, to have adventures with.Darcy learns that turning into an angrosaurus-rex and causing chaos just gets you in trouble, it's best not to throw a massive strop just before your surprise birthday party, Halloween is all about spider costumes and having a pumpkin with a wonky eye, and if you're ever in a situation where you're not sure what to do, you should write a story around it, and the truth will be illuminated by your imagination.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Darcy Burdock .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Laura Dockrill is an English performance poet, author/illustrator and short story writer. Laura was born and grew up in Brixton. She is the author of the Darcy Burdock series and a YA novel, Lorali as well as a number of adult poetry collections. My Mum is a Grown Down is her first poetry collection for children. David Tazzyman lives near Leicester with his partner and three sons. He likes drawing a lot. He illustrated the bestselling and multiple award-winning Mr Gum series, and Waterstone's bestselling picture book You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus.