Peace at last!!

Advantages: funny, great pictures, easy to read, a favourite
Disadvantages: none

...~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Peace At Last ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Jill Murphy writes some very good children?s books and ?Peace at last? was one that I forced my parents to read to me over and over again when I was younger. The book is published by Macmillan Children?s Books and the story has been around since 1980! Jill Murphy has also done the illustrations, which are quite detailed but really help tell the story. My copy of the book is a rather old paperback copy, which cost £2.95. The book has a large picture of Mr and Mrs Bear on the front in their bed asleep and there is a dark brown border around the edge which actually makes the book stand out. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Story ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The book is about a family of bears; Mr Bear, Mrs Bear and baby bear. As they went to...

ilusvm 24.03.2005 · Read review
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Private Peaceful

Advantages: Beautifully written, fantastic story, a very powerful ending
Disadvantages: A shocking ending

...Michael Morpurgo was born in 1943, he attended schools in London, Sussex and Canterbury. He went on to London University to study English and French, he started teaching in a primary school in Kent. It was while he was there that he discovered what he wanted to do. "We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids - it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me." Private Peaceful is a novel about World War 1. I am quite interested in WW1 and 2 so when I see a novel set in one of these time periods I often take a closer look? Private Thomas ("Tommo") Peaceful is recalling his childhood from those terrible...

bluejules 11.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo

A PEACEFUL WAR

Advantages: Gives a powerful message to young, and old, readers
Disadvantages: I didn't write it

...When a friend of mine, armed with the knowledge of my interest in all things connected to WWI, recommended a book for me to read, gushing that I'd enjoy it ever-so, my interest was piqued. When she then elaborated and told me it was a children's book, I thought, hmm.... maybe just this once, she's got it horribly wrong. Did she get it wrong? -- Read on. PRIVATE PEACEFUL by MICHAEL MORPURGO Michael Morpurgo wrote this novel after talking to three old farm-workers while researching another book altogether. They had described some of their thoughts about their experiences in WWI in such a way, that he was motivated to write this book. Although it's entirely fictional, the title was inspired by a gravestone he encountered in Ypres, the scene of much of the British tragedy of that war. The structure of the book is...

proxam 05.02.2004 · Read review
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Peace at Last by Jill Murphy

Advantages: Superb story for children, Beautiful illustrations, great bedtime story
Disadvantages: None

...=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Peace at Last by Jill Murphy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Peace at Last is a children's fiction book about a family of three bears, Mr Bear, Mrs Bear and Baby Bear. One evening they are all tired and so off they go to bed. Mrs Bear falls asleep quickly but Mr Bear cannot get to sleep, and just as Mr Bear is trying to sleep??.SNORE, said Mrs Bear, SNORE, SNORE, SNORE?..Oh no said Mr Bear I can't stand THIS, so he got up and went into Baby Bear's bed. But Baby Bear is not asleep either?.he is lying in bed pretending to be an aeroplane??NYAAOW!!! Went Baby Bear, NYAAOW, NYAAOW, NYAAOW?.Oh no said Mr Bear I can't stand THIS, so he got up and went to sleep in the living room. ??.TICK-TOCK went the living room clock, TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK! And so the story goes until at last Mr Bear finally gets...

missy0303 04.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Peace at Last - Jill Murphy

Our Lady Peace not on fire yet

Advantages: OLP with a new album is always good, Raine's voice, More musical freedom
Disadvantages: Sounds like their missing some of the magic of their really early stuff

...Having been a long time Our Lady Peace fan I was quite surprised when I saw Burn Burn available for download on Amazon, having never actually even known of it's existence until I saw it (shows what a great fan I am) I placed it in my virtual trolley and purchased it without reading anything about it. In fact despite their being samples of each track on the site I decided that Canadians were good enough and I was a big enough fan to just go and get it blind. Our Lady Peace have been around for a little over a decade now, and probably scored their biggest hit with a non-album track (well originally it was non-album) called ?Whatever?, it was better known as Chris Benoit's entrance music when he was in the wwf/wwe before his death. Though what is perhaps lesser know (out side of North America) is that they are an incredibly strong band...

iamasadlittleboy 24.09.2009 · Read review
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The Sheffield Peace Gardens

Advantages: Fantastic water Features, Easily Accessible
Disadvantages: In The Centre Of The City

...Sheffield lays claim to the fact that it is the greenest City in England and to back up this claim it boasts over 200 different Parks and Public open spaces within its boundaries. One such place is the Peace Gardens, which occupies a location right in the Centre of the City, between the bustling Shops of Pinstone Street and Norfolk Row. This could quite easily be described as an Oasis for visitors and it has always been a popular place for shoppers to rest their weary legs for a few minutes. This award winning Public Square is directly opposite the Winter Gardens and within easy reach of the Millennium Galleries. Within the Peace Gardens there are fancy cut Lawns, Water Features, and spectacular Fountains. The Peace Gardens went underwent a major refurbishment prior to the Millennium which was completed in 1998. This included...

micksheff 22.11.2006 · Read review
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Private Peaceful

Advantages: A great insight
Disadvantages: Very sad!

...I am reviewing Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. I read this novel in my English class at school and I am going to explain what happens in the novel, who the characters are, what I think are the best and worst bits and why, and what I would do personally to the novel to make it a better book. The main character in this novel by Michael Morpurgo is Thomas Peaceful because the book is written in the first person as if he is telling the novel. You get an in-sight into what he is thinking (sometimes almost like a monologue) and the book follows him around. Everything is seen from his perspective. Another character who is a real centre of attention in this novel is Tommo's brother - Charlie. Despite the fact that the novel is not written from Charlie's point of view, because in the novel Charlie and Tommo are so close, Charlie seems most...

TomMounsey 01.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo

Read to your child for your "Peace at Last"!

Advantages: Use of repetition, well illustrated, strong family feel.
Disadvantages: Not a particularly strong moral.

...The bear family are tired and decide to go to bed. Mr Bear cannot sleep. It does not help when Mrs Bear starts snoring, he goes to Baby Bear's room and he is not asleep either. He is playing aeroplane noises in bed. Mr Bear goes from room to room trying to find somewhere quiet to sleep. Will he ever get any rest? "Peace at Last" by Jill Murphy is a simplistically told story of one poor bears futile attempts to get a decent nights rest. As we follow him from room to room we are treated and he is forced to endure a variety of sounds from snoring to dripping taps. Jill Murphy has written a repetitive tale that will be popular with all pre-schoolers as it certainly is with my three year old. Murphy's repetitive language are coupled with pages that slowly increase in length, indicating the increasing frustrations of Mr Bear. This allows my...

Shortsharpshock 16.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Peace at Last - Jill Murphy

MRS LARGE - WILL SHE GET HER FIVE MINUTES PEACE?

Advantages: BEAUTIFUL BOOK, WITH LASTING APPEAL.
Disadvantages: THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOU WILL GET YOUR FIVE MINUTES PEACE TOO!!

...FIVE MINUTES PEACE - JILL MURPHY I am going to review this children's book about The Large Family. A very large family, as in elephants. Not your grey true to life safari type elephants, but cute and cuddly elephants. I have chosen this book because it is great for adults; forget the kids for a minute, if you have to read the same story night after night, it would be nice if it had something in it for you. ***WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?*** Well Jill Murphy (brilliant children's author) has written a series of books about The Large Family and this one centres on mum and her quest to get five minutes' peace to herself. This is a book that most adults will identify with, and perhaps in reading it with their children, might get this message across subtly to their children. Or not. I tried it for years and didn't get anywhere; a journey to...

LAURALILIA 18.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Five Minutes Peace - Jill Murphy

Peace at last - are you sleepy yet?

Advantages: great read that both parents and children will enjoy
Disadvantages: not very long

...Peace at last is a young childrens book written by Jill Murphy. It was first published in 1980 so some of you might even remember it from your childhood. It is such a popular story that it is still around today and is on quite a rew 'recommended reading' lists for children. We actually received this book in a Bookstart pack which is an educational pack that is issued to children at 8months, 18months and 3 years to help get them interested in reading. The book follows the story of Mr Bear, Mrs Bear and Baby Bear as they settle down to bed one night. Mr Bear was tired. Mrs Bear was tired and Baby Bear was tired... ...so they all went to bed. Mrs Bear and Baby Bear fell to sleep but whatever he did, Mr Bear just couldn't drop off. The story follows him as he trys to settle in various rooms but something always...

laura2310 24.04.2009 · Read review
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