![]() ![]() ![]() In 2019, she told The Daily Telegraph her teachers often pointed out her "hopelessness in all other areas of the curriculum and total lack of common sense." She once said her earliest memory was "sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by sheets of drawings." Murphy attended a Catholic Grammar school where the nuns were strict. Jill Murphy started writing and illustrating stories when she was a little girl growing up in London. According to Macmillan, The Large family series has sold five million copies around the world. ![]() In Five Minutes Peace, they have a blast splishing and splashing about. Large enjoying a nice bubble bath and a cup of tea when, one by one, her three rambunctious children come in to spoil the moment. The first book in her series about The Large family of elephants begins with a weary Mrs. If you ever needed five minutes of peace from parenting, Jill Murphy was your friend. ![]() According to her publisher, her son Charlie and niece Isabelle were at her side. Murphy died of cancer at a hospital in Cornwall on Wednesday at the age of 72. Murphy's books include The Worst Witch and The Large Family series. British children's author and illustrator Jill Murphy has died. ![]()
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