There can’t be a mum in the country who doesn’t identify with Mrs Large, wrapped in her comfortable dressing gown, doing her best to get away from her children for just five minutes peace (and managing a scant three minutes forty-five seconds)! It is 30 years since the book was first published – this handsome new hardback marks the anniversary – and it’s just as funny, accurate and real a portrait of family life as it was when it first came out. Jill Murphy’s comic timing – in words and pictures – is impeccable, and this is a book that truly deserves its status as a classic.
There's family fun for everyone in this interactive sound book version of the much-loved classic story.A fabulous sound book edition of a firm family favourite, this is the story of Mrs Large the elephant - who just needs five minutes of peace and quiet away from her boisterous children! Taking refuge in the bathroom, she fills herself a hot, foamy bubble bath and takes in a tray of her favourite breakfast and the morning paper. But there's never a dull moment with the Large family, and it soon becomes clear that mum's quiet time is to be very short-lived! Family life is beautifully observed in this warm and funny modern classic from Jill Murphy, one of Britain's most treasured author-illustrators.
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There's family fun for everyone in this interactive sound book version of the much-loved classic story.A fabulous sound book edition of a firm family favourite, this is the story of Mrs Large the elephant - who just needs five minutes of peace and quiet away from her boisterous children! Taking refuge in the bathroom, she fills herself a hot, foamy bubble bath and takes in a tray of her favourite breakfast and the morning paper.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Five Minutes' Peace and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
Five Minutes' Peace features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Paperback, Hardback, Board book. Not Available.
Five Minutes' Peace was written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
Five Minutes' Peace has 32 pages
Yes it is part of The Large Family series
