• 作者：文·图/（美）JILL MURPHY（吉尔·墨菲）
• 版权年：1989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：9781844285266
• 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：

        象妈妈觉得自己太胖了，于是强迫全家一参加她的减肥计划。正当大家努力节食、做运动时，象奶奶却寄来一个蛋糕。受不了诱惑的象妈妈，夜晚摸黑到厨房准备偷吃蛋糕，发现蛋糕竟然……或许大象本来就应该是胖的。

        《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。

"We must all go on a diet," said Mrs Large. "No more cakes. No more biscuits. No more crisps. No more sitting around all day. From now on, it's healthy living."

"Can we watch TV?" asked Lester, as they trooped in from school.

"Certainly not!" said Mrs Large. "We're all off for a nice healthy jog round the park."

And they were.

"What's for tea, Mum?" asked Laura when they arrived home.

"Some nice healthy watercress soup," said Mrs Large. "Followed by a nice healthy cup of water."

"Oh!" said Laura. "That sounds...nice."

"I'm just going to watch the news, dear," said Mr Large when he came home from work.

"No you're not, dear," said Mrs Large. "You're off for a nice healthy jog round the park, followed by your tea - a delicious sardine with grated carrot."

"I can't wait," said Mr Large.

It was awful. Every morning there was a healthy breakfast followed by exercises. Then there was a healthy tea followed by a healthy jog.

By the time evening came everyone felt terrible.

"We aren't getting any thinner, dear," said Mr Large.

"Perhaps elephants are meant to be fat," said Luke.

"Nonsense!" said Mrs Large. "We mustn't give up now."

"Wibbly-wobbly, wibbly-wobbly," went the baby.

One morning a parcel arrived. It was a cake from Granny. Everyone stared at it hopefully.

Mrs Large put it into the cupboard on a high shelf. "Just in case we have visitor," she said sternly.

Everyone kept thinking about the cake. They thought about it during tea. They thought about it during the healthy jog. They thought about it in bed that night.

Mrs Large sat up. "I can't stand it any more," she said to herself. "I must have a piece of that cake."

Mrs Large crept out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. She took a knife out of the drawer and opened the cupboard. There was only one piece of cake left!

 

"Ah ha!" said Mr Large, seeing the knife. "Caught in the act!"

Mrs Large switched on the light and saw Mr Large and all the children hiding under the table.

"There is one piece left," said Laura in a helpful way.

 

Mrs Large began to laugh. "We're all as bad as each other!" she said, eating the last piece of cake before anyone else did.

"I do think elephants are meant to be fat," said Luke.

"I think you're probably right, dear," said Mrs Large.

"Wibbly-wobbly, wibbly-wobbly!" went the baby.