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Jill Murphy

    5 juli 1949 – 18 augustus 2021

    Jill Murphy is een gevierde auteur en illustrator wiens werk jonge lezers diep raakt door haar boeiende verhalen en onderscheidende visuele stijl. Ze verkent meesterlijk de dynamiek van het gezinsleven, waarbij ze vaak chaotische maar hartverwarmende situaties portretteert met een scherp gevoel voor humor en empathie. Murphy's vermogen om fantasierijke verhalen te combineren met herkenbare ervaringen maakt haar verhalen zowel boeiend als blijvend. Haar unieke aanpak, die levendige illustraties combineert met geestige tekst, creëert meeslepende werelden die vreugde en verwondering bij kinderen aanwakkeren.

    Jill Murphy
    The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
    First Prize for the Worst Witch
    Dead Man Walking
    Five Minutes' Peace, Sticker Book
    A Duck Called Brian (PB)
    Whatever Next!
    • Join the Bear family as Baby Bear travels to the moon and back. On the way Baby Bear meets an owl and together they have a picnic on the moon, all before bathtime - whatever next?

      Whatever Next!
      4,4
    • A Duck Called Brian (PB)

      • 32bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      Brian is a duck - a very happy duck, normally. You see, all Brian needs to feel content is: 1. A glass of cold milk 2. A bowl of delicious Duck Nuts breakfast cereal 3. His best friend Gregory But one day, Brian finds himself fresh out of milk, with no Duck Nuts - and no Gregory - to be seen! His day has just turned into one big disaster...

      A Duck Called Brian (PB)
      4,5
    • Five Minutes' Peace, Sticker Book

      • 24bladzijden
      • 1 uur lezen

      All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes' peace from her energetic children, but chaos follows her all the way from the kitchen to the bath and back again. Full color.

      Five Minutes' Peace, Sticker Book
      5,0
    • Dead Man Walking

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      'A compulsive thriller' Ann Cleeves 'Not to be missed!' Daniel Sellers His team is compromised. His girlfriend's in danger. And the biggest case of his career hangs in the balance.

      Dead Man Walking
      4,0
    • First Prize for the Worst Witch

      • 186bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Accident-prone Mildred Hubble is the Worst Witch at Miss Cackle's Academy. She's always getting her spells wrong and landing herself in trouble. But Mildred is in the last term of Fourth Year and determined to prove that she's not as useless as everyone thinks could it be First Prize for the worst witch after all?

      First Prize for the Worst Witch
      4,3
    • Mildred Hubble is determined that her third year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches will be her best, especially without the horrible Miss Hardbroom, but the new teacher seems very odd and Mildred can not resist investigating.

      The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
      4,3
    • Peace at Last

      安静了

      • 28bladzijden
      • 1 uur lezen

      An jing le = Peace at last Chinese and English

      Peace at Last
      4,3
    • Five Minutes' Peace

      • 32bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      Mrs. Large tries to take a peaceful, relaxing bath but her family has other ideas.

      Five Minutes' Peace
      4,3
    • A Piece of Cake

      • 36bladzijden
      • 2 uur lezen

      This is one of four stories about Mr and Mrs Large who are elephants. In this book, Mrs Large has the absurd notion that elephants can diet.

      A Piece of Cake
      4,2
    • The Worst Witch in Trouble

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Presents two stories about Mildred Hubble, a young apprentice witch with a reputation for being the worst student at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, in which she first incurs the enmity of her headmistress and then smuggles her cat along on a class trip.

      The Worst Witch in Trouble
      4,2