Five Minutes' Peace

I read this book to my children and now I have ordered one for each of them as they experience the desperate need for "five minutes of peace" as they raise children of their own! Hilariously true! and so funny! I love the illustrations too. Such a cute book!

Cute for kids and for moms, who will definitely get it!

I read this book to my youngest daughter (now 35) and now we read it to her daughter. (We have multiple copies!). I like the illustrations and the story is timeless. What mother - elephant or not - hasn't wished for 5 minutes peace?

I read this book to my kids 25 year ago and still love the story just as much as I did then. Any mother of several young children will appreciate Mrs. Large's quest to take a bath. Any mother can relate to how the children react when mom tries to take a bath! This book is classic and one of my all time favorite children's books. My sister-in-law sent it to me 25 years ago when we had four children under five years of age. I read it to the kids almost every night for a year! Delightful story. Great illustrations. The board book is sturdy and good quality.

Read this to my kids over 30 years ago and always remembered how cute it was. Poor Mrs. Large is trying to just find 5 minutes peace from her kids. This was my book contribution to the book wishing well at my daughter's baby shower, which happened to be elephant themed. It's one of my favorites and was a perfect addition to my soon to be grandson's library.

I’m not sure if it was me or the kids who got a bigger kick out of this book. Mom wants a little alone time so she decides to take a bath. Of course, her little ones want to join her. She’s an elephant, so maybe the rules about leaving your children unsupervised is a bit different for her.

I discovered this book years ago while staying over at my aunt's house. My little cousin woke me up early and was bouncing around the room excited for me to be visiting. I grumbled, and he very seriously asked me "would you like 5 minutes peace?" I was so excited! I said "Yes!" and cuddled back under the covers.... just to have him crawl in bed next to me and hand me this book. I laughed so hard I though I was going to fall off the bed!! Now its a favorite of mine, and my cousin is giving it to my Baby (pregnant and due in June) as a "welcome to the family" gift.As an actual review of the book: Its adorable. Perfectly captures a Mom's love for her children, while simultaneously wanting to just get a few minutes alone every once and a while.

Our family loved this book growing up. We only wish we could find it in the original larger hard back format

Bought for our one year old granddaughter. It’s a paper page book rather than a board book so is a bit too delicate for her at the moment, but she’s happy to listen to the amusing story.

Perfecto, la historia es muy bonita, calidad estupenda y a mis hijos le encanta.Me siento identificada con la historia, seguro muchas madres más.

Love the book

A lovely bedtime story which my children enjoyed and now hopefully my granddaughter living in Australia will also grow to love top.

Endlich habe ich das Buch gefunden, in englischer Originalfassung! Die LIeferung kam schnell und in einwandfreiem Zustand an. Bilder und Text sind ein Genuss für Jung und Alt. Das Buch ist sehr liebevoll gestaltet und zeitlos, denn auch bzw. gerade heute finden Mütter (die immer öfter berufstätig sind) nur schwerlich fünf Minuten Zeit für sich.