Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. Children will enjoy delving into the life and laughter of the Large family in this story, and might even develop some empathy for their own parents in the process! During her career she wrote many fantastic children’s books including the Worst Witch series and more books about the Large family! The print is framed by hand in Cambridgeshire in the UK, using only European sourced PEFC™ and FSC approved woods. Georgia shares the 'real reality of motherhood' with five to ten minute daily episodes, designed to offer comfort to parents in small doses everyday.

Taking refuge in the bathroom, she runs a hot bubble bath and takes in a tray of her favourite breakfast and the morning paper. I also have Clean Guides (downloadable PDFs) which enable you to clean up your book before reading it! Mrs Large stacks a tray with several items she likes and tries to go upstairs for a bath and ‘five minutes peace’ from the family. Jill Murphy is a London-born English children's author, best known for The Worst Witch series and the Large Family picture books.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 story ends up with all of the elephants in the bath together and Mrs Large’s five minutes peace is lost. She fills a foamy bubble-bath and takes in a tray of tasty breakfast… but finds her peace is to be very short-lived! Children are able to relate the characters to those within their own family and allows for the children to consider the thoughts and feelings of the characters.

Through all the commotion, all three children end up in the bath with mum and baby elephant even forgets to take off his clothes in the whirlwind of excitement. This allows EAL students to use simple language such as, funny, to describe what they see on the page or cross to describe mum etc. It’s been an honour collaborating with the Jill Murphy Estate, bringing a collection of prints from the much-loved Large Family to life for the very first time. A family picture book favourite, this is the story of Mrs Large the elephant - who just needs five minutes of peace and quiet away from her boisterous children! Mother elephant, Mrs Large, just wants five minutes’ peace from her three lively and curious children – Laura, Lester and Baby.Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. This is the story of Mrs Large the elephant – who just needs five minutes of peace and quiet away from her boisterous children! Murphy’s art, each print telling its own story, makes beautiful framed prints for children’s bedrooms or nurseries.