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Five Minutes' Peace

by Jill Murphy

Ages 3–6 Reading age 5 Picture book Set in everyday life funnywarm

Mrs Large takes a tray of tea to the bathroom for five minutes alone. She gets three minutes and forty-five seconds, and three elephants in the bath.

A story about animals and families, funny and warm in tone. We would put it with children of 3–6, and at a reading age of about 5 for reading alone.

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