Five Minutes' Peace by Jill Murphy

This is the story of Mrs. Large, the elephant who just needs five minutes of peace and quiet away from her boisterous children! She tries to take refuge in the bathroom, she fills herself a hot, foamy bubble bath and takes in a tray of her favorite breakfast and the morning paper, but her children find a way to interrupt her quiet moment. It's never a dull moment with the Larges, and it soon becomes clear that mum's quiet time is to be very short-lived! Family life is beautifully observed in this warm and funny modern classic from Jill Murphy, one of Britain's most treasured author-illustrators.