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Jill Murphy

    5 luglio 1949 – 18 agosto 2021

    Jill Murphy es una aclamada autora e ilustradora cuyo trabajo resuena profundamente con los lectores jóvenes a través de sus narrativas cautivadoras y su distintivo estilo visual. Explora magistralmente la dinámica de la vida familiar, a menudo retratando situaciones caóticas pero conmovedoras con un agudo sentido del humor y empatía. La habilidad de Murphy para fusionar la narración imaginativa con experiencias cercanas hace que sus historias sean cautivadoras y perdurables. Su enfoque único, que combina ilustraciones vívidas con texto ingenioso, crea mundos inmersivos que despiertan alegría y asombro en los niños.

    Jill Murphy
    The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
    First Prize for the Worst Witch
    Five Minutes' Peace, Sticker Book
    A Duck Called Brian (PB)
    Whatever Next!
    Peace at Last
    • Peace at Last

      • 26 páginas
      • 1 hora de lectura

      Mr. Bear spends the night searching for enough peace and quiet to go to sleep. He just seems to be surrounded by too much noise whatever he tries. This is an old favourite which works really well as a board book.

      Peace at Last
      4,6
    • Join the Bear family as Baby Bear travels to the moon and back. On the way Baby Bear meets an owl and together they have a picnic on the moon, all before bathtime - whatever next?

      Whatever Next!
      4,4
    • A Duck Called Brian (PB)

      • 32 páginas
      • 2 horas de lectura

      Brian is a duck - a very happy duck, normally. You see, all Brian needs to feel content is: 1. A glass of cold milk 2. A bowl of delicious Duck Nuts breakfast cereal 3. His best friend Gregory But one day, Brian finds himself fresh out of milk, with no Duck Nuts - and no Gregory - to be seen! His day has just turned into one big disaster...

      A Duck Called Brian (PB)
      4,5
    • 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. Full color.

      Five Minutes' Peace, Sticker Book
      5,0
    • Accident-prone Mildred Hubble is the Worst Witch at Miss Cackle's Academy. She's always getting her spells wrong and landing herself in trouble. But Mildred is in the last term of Fourth Year and determined to prove that she's not as useless as everyone thinks could it be First Prize for the worst witch after all?

      First Prize for the Worst Witch
      4,3
    • Mildred Hubble is determined that her third year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches will be her best, especially without the horrible Miss Hardbroom, but the new teacher seems very odd and Mildred can not resist investigating.

      The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
      4,3
    • Mrs. Large tries to take a peaceful, relaxing bath but her family has other ideas.

      Five Minutes' Peace
      4,3
    • A Piece of Cake

      • 36 páginas
      • 2 horas de lectura

      This is one of four stories about Mr and Mrs Large who are elephants. In this book, Mrs Large has the absurd notion that elephants can diet.

      A Piece of Cake
      4,2
    • The Worst Witch in Trouble

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Presents two stories about Mildred Hubble, a young apprentice witch with a reputation for being the worst student at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, in which she first incurs the enmity of her headmistress and then smuggles her cat along on a class trip.

      The Worst Witch in Trouble
      4,2
    • A Quiet Night in

      • 24 páginas
      • 1 hora de lectura

      It's Mr Large's birthday and Mrs Large has prepared him a meal, as they're going to celebrate with a quiet night in. But as usual in the Large household, things don't go to plan, and Mr and Mrs Large fall asleep on the sofa. So the little Larges sneak off to bed with all the lovingly prepared food.

      A Quiet Night in
      4,2