Product Description

This is a modern picture-book classic - there's never a dull moment with the Large family! Mr and Mrs Large are getting ready for the office dinner-dance. But with Lester, Laura, Luke and the baby around, they'll be lucky to get out of the house all in one piece! This book is highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for The Children's Book Award. "The Large Family" series has sold four million copies worldwide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151793 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Review
"* "Family life is beautifully observed with a humour that appeals to both adult and child." The Daily Telegraph"

About the Author
Jill Murphy is one of the UK's best-known author/illustrators. She wrote and illustrated her first book, The Worst Witch, while still only eighteen. Jill won the Smarties Prize for The Last Noo-noo in 1995. She lives in Bodmin, Cornwall.

Customer Reviews

Not the best Large Family story, but excellent all the same
Jill Murphy really hit a home run when she created the Large Family. Larger than life, twice as lovable, this family of elephants has more human characteristics than most, and the clever blend of simple and sophisticated humour means the adults enjoy reading them as much as the kids!

This isn't the best in the series, but it's still very good. If you don't have any of these books, I would recommend starting with Five Minutes' Peace and a Quiet Night In, as these two are hilarious. If you have both of those, then this one is as good as the others to follow up.

Jill Murphy, please write some more of these books! Our whole family (parents and kids) love them!

St. Louis children love reading Jill Murphy's books.
We liked All in One Piece Because when Mrs Large thought she was all in one piece, she had paint all on her dress where she sat in the paintbox