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Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and grave digger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction and lives in Sussex.
Funnybones
The Jolly Pocket Postman
Mrs Lather's Laundry
Mr Tick the Teacher
Alison Hubble
Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter
Mr Creep the Crook
Burglar Bill
Cops and Robbers
Baby's Big Box of Little Books
The Jolly Christmas Postman
Master Track's Train
Mrs Vole the Vet
Miss Jump the Jockey
Master Money the Millionaire
Kicking a Ball
Bye Bye Baby
The Baby's Catalogue
Starting School
Mr Biff the Boxer
Mrs Wobble the Waitress
Baby on Board
Please Mrs Butler
Funnybones book with mix-and-match puzzle
Peepo!
Peepo! (Board Book)
Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection
The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
Funnybones: Mystery Tour
Funnybones: The Ghost Train
Friendly Matches
Funnybones: Skeleton Crew
Funnybones: Give the Dog a Bone
The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep and the Lettuce
Master Salt the Sailors' Son
Funnybones: Bumps in the Night
Funnybones: Dinosaur Dreams
Woof!
Mrs Jolly’s Joke Shop
The Improbable Cat
The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
My Brother's Ghost
Chicken, Chips and Peas
Heard it in the Playground
The Mighty Slide
Each Peach Pear Plum
Collected Poems
More Happy Families: 9 Classic Tales
Funnybones: The Pet Shop
Funnybones: The Black Cat
Master Bun the Bakers' Boy
Miss Brick the Builders' Baby
Funnybones: The Collection
Happy Families: The Audio Collection
Nuts about football? You should read Collected Poems by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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Kick-off with Friendly Matches by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Puffin.
Kick-off with The Boyhood of Burglar Bill by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Kick-off with Kicking a Ball by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Puffin.
Goal!!! Could there be a better time to read Friendly Matches by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Goal!!! Could there be a better time to read The Boyhood of Burglar Bill by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Puffin.
Knock, knock! Why not try Mrs Jolly’s Joke Shop by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Puffin.
3 days ago
Peepo! by Allan Ahlberg from Puffin a horsey read!
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