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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
A Place to Play (1975)
Further adventures of the Brick Street boys.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Playmates: Slot Book (1984)
Cutouts move in various slots.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Please Mrs Butler (1983)
This is a children’s poem. It is a conversation between a student and their teacher.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
Poorly Pig (1982)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Eric Hill
Previously (2007)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Bruce Ingman
Push the Dog (1986)
This is a children's picture book.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Put on a Show! (1995)
A Red Nose Reader containing a madcap menagerie of creatures of all shapes and sizes, from worms to monsters.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Ready, Teddy, Go! (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ of cut-out teddy bears and rhyming text.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Ready, Teddy, Go! (1984)
A ‘Daisychain’ of cut-out teddy bears and rhyming text.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Rent-a-Robot (1984)
A ‘Daisychain’ featuring six robots with verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Rubber Rabbit (1982)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Eric Hill
Sam the Referee (1986)
More adventures of the Brick Street boys.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
See the Rabbit (1998)
An early book for babies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Shine a Light (1998)
Shine a flashlight through the cut-outs to project spooky pictures on the wall.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Silly Sheep (1982)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Eric Hill
Skeleton Crew (1992)
Three skeletons have a good time on their sailing vacation, until their boat is boarded by pirates.
We count 22 unnumbered pages.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Slow Dog Falling (1999)
Fast Fox is chasing chickens again but, unluckily for him, it's Slow Dog's day to do chores in the hen house. Whatever Slow Dog is doing, he always manages to fall and flatten Fast Fox.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
The Snail House (2000)
Grandma tells Michael, Hannah, and their baby brother the story of three children who shrink to such a small size that they decide to live in a snail's shell.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Gillian Tyler
So Can I (1985)
This is a children's picture book. It has three sections:
- Rob a Rabbit
- Push and Pull
- So Can I
We count 26 unnumbered pages.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Son of a Gun (1979)
Eight year old Amos Gains, the sheriff’s son, stars in this story of the Old West.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg