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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.
Friendly Matches
Collected Poems
The Improbable Cat
My Brother's Ghost
The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep and the Lettuce
The Mighty Slide
Woof!
Heard it in the Playground
Each Peach Pear Plum
Funnybones
Burglar Bill
Peepo!
Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter
Mr Creep the Crook
Mr Biff the Boxer
Mrs Vole the Vet
Mrs Wobble the Waitress
Funnybones: The Pet Shop
Funnybones: The Black Cat
Master Bun the Bakers' Boy
Miss Brick the Builders' Baby
Funnybones: The Collection
The Jolly Pocket Postman
Alison Hubble
Mrs Lather's Laundry
Mr Tick the Teacher
Cops and Robbers
Baby's Big Box of Little Books
The Jolly Christmas Postman
Master Track's Train
Miss Jump the Jockey
Master Money the Millionaire
Kicking a Ball
The Baby's Catalogue
Starting School
Please Mrs Butler
Peepo! (Board Book)
Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection
Funnybones: Mystery Tour
Funnybones: The Ghost Train
Funnybones: Skeleton Crew
Funnybones: Give the Dog a Bone
Master Salt the Sailors' Son
Mrs Jolly’s Joke Shop
Funnybones: Bumps in the Night
Funnybones: Dinosaur Dreams
The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
Chicken, Chips and Peas
Happy Families: The Audio Collection
Bye Bye Baby
Baby on Board
Funnybones book with mix-and-match puzzle
More Happy Families: 9 Classic Tales
Nuts about football? You should read Collected Poems by Allan Ahlberg. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
3 days ago
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.
10 days ago
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