Born in London, the daughter of Reeney (Irene) and Eric Murphy, Jill Murphy was brought up in Chessington, Surrey. Jill Murphy is better known perhaps for her series The Worst Witch, which translated so well to television, and her stories for younger children based on the Large family, elephants whose breakfast-times were legendary and whose mother was forever in need of just Five Minutes' Peace. Marlon is confronted by a group of bullies with their noo –noo snatcher and this is what makes Marlon change his habit and give his ‘noo -noos’.

First published in 1974, she was best known for the Worst Witch novels and Large Family picture books, with sales amounting to several millions. One of my favourite books as a child and one I would ask my parents to read over and over again before I was old enough to read it to my brother! Jill Murphy is a London-born English children's author, best known for The Worst Witch series and the Large Family picture books.

But neither his abrasive granny or the local bullies can get Marlon to give the Noo-Noo up until he is good and ready! She is best known for the very popular Mr and Mrs Large picture books, which detail the domestic chaos of an elephant family. Beloved children's author and illustrator Jill Murphy dies peacefully following a long struggle with cancer". The plan has been carefully crafted to allow children to meet the heightened demands of Curriculum 2014. Neuware - Marlon is determined not to give up his dummy in this new edition of the picture book favourite.

Mum throws all the noo-noos she can find into the dustbin, but Marlon has a secret supply hidden around the house. The other children build a ‘noo-noo snatcher’ which they use to grab the precious dummy away from Marlon, but monsters have very powerful jaws and the dummy just won’t budge. Bridgewater, Daisy (6 March 2014), "Children's notebook: the enduring charms of Mildred Hubble", The Telegraph.

The author captures a child’s outlook on world around them in the story through the different places that Marlon thinks of to hide his dummy, such as inside a wellington boot. If you're giving a present to a child over the next few weeks, I cannot think of a better one than a book that - in story form, please, no Chicken Soup for the Soul self-help numbers, I beg you! She thinks he is too old for one (he is just about to start school), his teeth will stick out and it makes him ‘look like an idiot’. She lived in St Mabyn, Cornwall, [7] [26] [27] where she died in hospital from cancer on 18 August 2021, aged 72.