Five Minutes' Peace

Name: Five Minutes' Peace
ISBN: 9780698117877

Jill Murphy

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 5, 1999

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Who it’s for: A small plea for quiet becomes a funny, familiar portrait of family life.
Themes: Parental need for solitude, Family chaos
Genres: Parent-Child Stories, Funny Stories, Elephant Stories

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About this book

All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes' peace from her energetic children, but chaos follows her all the way from the kitchen to the bath and back again.

Quiet, Interrupted

A small plea for quiet becomes a funny, familiar portrait of family life.

Come here for

The comedy of wanting five quiet minutes—and finding none.
A playful parent-child read with chaos close at hand.

Expect

Energetic children and a mother’s elusive moment of peace.
Comic interruptions, from kitchen to bath and back again.

Where it sits

Funny Stories	61%
Elephant Stories	59%
Parent-Child Stories	35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Elephant Stories
Parent-Child Stories
Funny Stories

Authors: Jill Murphy
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: April 5, 1999
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Parental need for solitude · Family chaos
Reading lane: Elephant Stories