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Allan Ahlberg
(1938 - 0)
Allan Ahlberg was born in England in 1938. He was adopted into a family in Oldbury in the West Midlands.
As a child he loved to read. He finished school at age seventeen. After a series of jobs, culminating in grave-digging, he became an elementary school teacher when he was twenty-two.
He met his first wife, the artist Janet Hall at a teacher training college. Their first book, The Brick Street Boys was published in 1975.
Janet and Allan had one daughter, Jessica, who is also an illustrator.
He has written more than 140 books many with other illustrators, including his daugher Jessica.
Bibliography
The Good Old Dolls (1984)
A set of fold-out character cards featuring dolls.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
The Good Old Dolls (1984)
A set of fold-out character cards featuring dolls.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Great Marathon Football Match (1976)
The Brick Street boys play a football match that goes on and on and on.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Ha Ha Bonk Book (1982)
A large collection of jokes and riddles.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Half a Pig (2004)
Esmeralda the pig is jointly owned by kindly Mrs. Harbottle and her nasty ex-husband Mr. Harbottle who wants to turn Esmeralda into sausages.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Jessica Ahlberg
Happy Worm (1985)
Children's picture book.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Heard it in the Playground (1989)
Collection of poems for children.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Help! (1985)
Help!, Car + Car, and Make a Castle.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
The Hen House (1999)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Here are the Brick Street Boys (1974)
The Brick Street boys just want to play football.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Hip-Hippo Ray (1983)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
It was a Dark and Stormy Night (1993)
Antonio has been kidnapped by brigands. Now they demand he tell them a story. Can he use the story to help himself escape from their clutches?
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Janet’s Last Book (1996)
A tribute to illustrator Janet Ahlberg, including many previously unpublished illustrations. This is the cover of the privately-printed first limited edition.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods (1977)
Jeremiah sets out to find what happened to his grandmother’s tarts and meets some familiar nursery characters along the way, as well as a few not so familiar ones.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Jolly Christmas Postman (1991)
The Jolly Postman is back, delivering Christmas greetings.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Jolly Pocket Postman (1995)
The Jolly Postman continues on his rounds with letter for Alice, Dorothy and other familiar characters.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Jolly Postman: Or Other People’s Letters (1986)
As the Jolly Postman goes his rounds, we get to read the letters he delivers to famous storybook characters.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Jolly Postman Picture Card Game (1986)
Thirty-six cards with pictures from the Jolly Postman which can be used for a variety of card games, including Snap, Old Maid and Pairs.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Jolly Postman Postcard Collection (1994)
Postcards of thirty famous scenes from the adventures of the Jolly Postman.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
King Kangaroo (1983)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz