A Ball for Daisy is a 2011 children's wordless picture book written and illustrated by Chris Raschka.

The book tells the story of a dog named Daisy, who has a beloved ball destroyed and then replaced.

As her owner takes Daisy out for a walk one day, her ball gets snatched by a brown dog wanting to play.

[6][7][11] The illustrations give the appearance of having been drawn without revision and combine watercolor and comic book drawing techniques.

[7][10] The book was well reviewed, gaining starred reviews from The Horn Book Magazine,[8] which praised the book as "noteworthy for both its artistry and its child appeal"; Kirkus Reviews, which wrote of how "rarely, perhaps never, has so steep an emotional arc been drawn with such utter, winning simplicity";[11] and School Library Journal, which noted how it matched the illustrator's other work, "Raschka continues to experiment with what is essential to express the daily joys and tribulations of humans and animals.

[14] "Chris Raschka’s deceptively simple paintings of watercolor, gouache and ink explore universal themes of love and loss that permit thousands of possible variants", said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Steven L.