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Janet Ahlberg
(1944 - 1994)
Janet Hall Ahlberg was born in 1944. Her parents were both artists. She met Allan Ahlberg at a teachers training college and they were married in 1969.
Janet illustrated over fifty books. For Each Peach Pear Plum, she was awarded the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association, winning again in 1991 for The Jolly Christmas Postman.
Janet and Allan had one daughter, Jessica, who is also an illustrator. Janet died in 1994.
Bibliography
Here are the Brick Street Boys (1974)
The Brick Street boys just want to play football.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
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?
Read online at archive.org.
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A tribute to illustrator Janet Ahlberg, including many previously unpublished illustrations.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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Jolly Christmas Postman (1991)
The Jolly Postman is back, delivering Christmas greetings.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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
The Little Worm Book (1979)
Here is more amazing information about our friends the worms.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Monster Munch (1984)
A ‘Daisy Chain’ of six pictures with verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Mr Biff the Boxer (1980)
Mr. Biff and Mr. Bop are in training for the big charity match.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Mrs. Wobble the Waitress (1980)
Mrs. Wobble is too wobbly for the local cafe. So she and Mr. Wobble and the two Wobble children open their own cafe with juggling waiters.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
My Growing Up Book (1972)
A book for recording a child’s development from birth to age five.
Author(s):
Bernard Garfinkel
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Old Joke Book (1976)
A collection of jokes, cartoons and humorous verse.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The One and Only Two Heads (1979)
Two Heads celebrates its birthday.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
One True Santa (1985)
Six Santas in a ‘Daisy Chain,’ but only one is the real Santa.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Peek-A-Boo! (1981)
A baby’s day from the baby’s point of view.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Peepo! (1981)
A baby’s day from the baby’s point of view.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
A Place to Play (1975)
Further adventures of the Brick Street boys.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg