The last page of the book is a glorious double-page pastel-hued spread of, you guessed it, an orchard's worth of gloriously dummy-bearing trees.

This book has lovely drawings and is funny because the monsters which are meant to be scary have human childish characteristics such as sucking a dummy. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. The plan is based on an engaging text that allows for exciting opportunities to develop the children’s reading, writing and spoken language. This video link is provided to help an adult assess the book's suitability for a child's situation before purchasing it.Mum throws all the noo-noos she can find into the dustbin, but Marlon has a secret supply hidden around the house. A brilliantly funny book about a monster attached to his dummy, from the bestselling author-illustrator of Five Minutes' Peace and Peace at Last. The Worst Witch stories have become some of the most outstandingly successful titles on the Young Puffin paperback list and have sold more than 3 million copies.

Murphy was also known for picture books, especially the Large Family series, which detail the domestic chaos of an elephant family.They lie in wait as Marlon comes along happily sucking away, when they leap out, and hook the dummy with the hanger, and then they start to pull, to get that dummy out of Marlon's mouth. The fragile threads of mental health: why we should maintain a watchful eye on mental health in our schools. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads. However, the book proved an instant success with both critics and readers, [2] selling out within two months of publication in 1974. The other children build a ‘noo-noo snatcher’ which they use to grab the precious dummy away from Marlon, but monsters have very powerful jaws and the dummy just won’t budge.

He buries one in the garden (it transpires later in the book that this is in the hope that a noo-noo tree may grow), which leaves him one last pink one. Mildred is completely me, at the convent school where I didn't do very well and I was absolutely desperate to be like everybody else," she once said. Steafel, Eleanor (6 October 2016), "Worst Witch author Jill Murphy: reading a book with a child is still nicer than sticking them in front of an iPad", The Times. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.With wit, humour and a keen feel for the dynamics of family life, the creator of Five Minutes' Peace and A Quiet Night In captures a familiar dilemma in this multiple award-winning book - the dilemma of how to help a little one let go of their dummy! First published in 1986, Five Minutes Peace has sold more than five million copies worldwide and has been translated into 19 languages.

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Granny is very keen for the noo-noo to be thrown away and Mum starts planning how she will wean him off the dummy. A great opportunity to read this book to your child who is finding it hard to let go of their own ‘noo noo’.