Everlasting Peace

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 full review
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Review of Peace at Last - Jill Murphy

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 full review
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Review of Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo

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 full review
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Review of Peace at Last - Jill Murphy