• 作者：文·图/（美）JILL MURPHY（吉尔·墨菲）
• 版权年：1993年
• 出版社：WALKER BOOKS LTD（点灯人）  
• 装帧：铜版纸平装
• 大小：16开
• 页码：36页
• ISBN：9781844285273
• 适读年龄：请参考下面的英文故事内容自己决定
• 是否有音频：有，MP3格式。 

作者简介：

吉尔.墨菲（Jill Murphy），出生于英国伦敦，曾分别进入赤尔夕艺术学院和克罗登艺术学院就读。她在27岁时就下定决心成为专职作家兼画家，在这之前她从事过许多工作，包括在育幼院工作以及当过保姆。她曾在西非的一个小村庄住了一年的时间。墨菲从幼年时就开始用文字涂鸦，17岁时她写了《坏巫婆》（The Worst Witch）的故事，四年后当这个故事出版后佳评如潮，之后她还接连出了四本同系列的图画书。墨菲的“大象夫妇”系列绘本非常受欢迎。另外，她的经典图画书《最后的和平》（Peace at Last）深获父母喜爱，曾入选1980年凯特·格林纳威大奖推荐名单。《让我安静五分钟》则有后来居上之势，勇夺了1987年美国《父母》杂志最佳幼儿图书奖，也入选了1986年童书奖。她的其他作品很多也都榜上有名。

内容简介：

        今天是象爸爸的生日，象妈要孩子们早点上床睡觉，好让他们俩可以庆祝并享受一个宁静的夜晚。但是，小象们央着象爸爸念故事，疲累的他念着念着竟然睡着了，小象们要求象妈妈把故事念完，没想到象妈妈念着念着也睡着了。此时，小象们的party time开始了……

        《The Large Family》系列让孩子珍爱家人，学会感恩，是培养家庭观念与亲情的最佳读物，透过作者Bill Murphy笔下温馨有趣的5个故事，可让孩子从小耳濡目染，学习5个正确的家庭观：尊重、懂事、体贴、共享、体谅，不当小霸王！

《The Large Family》系列:

1. Five Minutes' Peace - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_8166687f0101333m.html；

2. All In One Piece - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_8166687f01013588.html；

3. A Piece of Cake - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_8166687f01013642.html；

4. A Quiet Night In - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_8166687f010136t4.html；

5. Mr Large In Charge - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_8166687f010137u3.html。

"I want you all in bed early tonight," said Mrs Large. "It's Daddy's birthday and we're going to have a quiet night in."

That evening, Mrs Large had the children bathed and in their pyjamas before they had even had their tea. They were all very cross.

After tea, the children set about making place cards and decorations for the dinner table. Then they all tidied up. Then Mrs Large tidied up again.

 

Mr Large arrived home looking very tired.

"Of course," said Mrs Large. "It's your birthday. You can have whatever you want."

"Can we have a stroy before we go to bed?" asked Luke.

Mr Large opened the book and began to read: "One day Binky Bus drove out of the big garage. ‘Hello!’he called to his friend, Micky Milkfloat ---"

   

After a while he stopped.

Mrs Large laughed. "Poor Daddy," she said.

"Move up, then," said Mrs Large. She picked up the book and began to read:"‘Watch where you're going, you silly Dustcart!’said Binky. Just then, Pip the Police Car came driving by ..."

After a while, Mrs Large stopped reading.

"We'd better put ourselves to bed," said Lester. "Come on."