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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
Spider Spy (1983)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Starting School (1988)
Children go off to school for the first time and we see what goes on throughout the first semester.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Summer Snowmen (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ with snowmen and humorous verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Tell-Tale Tiger (1983)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Tell Us a Story (1986)
A father tells his two little boys silly stories about a pig, a cat, a horse, and a cow.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Ten in a Bed (1983)
When Dinah Price goes up to bed each night she finds a fairy tale character in her bed - first three bears, then a witch, then a giant; and so on. How can she get rid of them?
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
That’s My Baby! (1983)
A fold-out ‘Daisychain’ of babies with humorous verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Two Wheels Two Heads (1979)
The two-headed creature from The One and Only Two Heads rides a bike.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull (1977)
When he is seven years old, Thomas Tull begin growing backwards.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
What’s In the Shop? (1997)
This is a children's picture book. It is a collection of words and phrases, simple sentences and humorous rhymes.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Which Witch? (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ featuring six witches and accompanying verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Who Stole the Pie? (1995)
A hilarious hot-pot of food - from pies to cakes to the most enormous sandwich ever!
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
The Woman Who Won Things (2002)
As Mr. Gaskitt takes a series of jobs and Mrs. Gaskitt keeps winning prizes, their nine-year-old twins, Gus and Gloria, follow a substitute teacher who seems too good to be true.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Katharine McEwen
Woof! (1986)
Relates the extraordinary events that take place when, on an ordinary summer's evening, ten-year-old Eric Banks is turned into a Norfolk terrier.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
The Worm Book (1979)
This book reveals many surprising facts about our friends the worms. (But don't believe any of them.)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Yum Yum: Slot Book (1984)
The characters in this book are hungry. Feed them by putting the cutouts into the slots.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Zoo (1984)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton