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
Playmates: Slot Book (1984)
Cutouts move in various slots.
Read online at archive.org.
Providence Street (1973)
Short poems about the residents of Providence Street.
The Puffin Treasury of Children’s Stories (1996)
A collection of all-time favorite children’s stories by many different authors and illustrators.
Pauline Baynes contributes new illustrations for excerpts from The Sword in the Stone and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the complete story of The Happy Prince.
Read online at archive.org.
Pauline Baynes
Et al
Ready, Teddy, Go! (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ of cut-out teddy bears and rhyming text.
Ready, Teddy, Go! (1984)
A ‘Daisychain’ of cut-out teddy bears and rhyming text.
Rent-a-Robot (1984)
A ‘Daisychain’ featuring six robots with verses.
Janet Ahlberg
Sam the Referee (1986)
More adventures of the Brick Street boys.
See the Rabbit (1998)
An early book for babies.
Read online at archive.org.
Shine a Light (1998)
Shine a flashlight through the cut-outs to project spooky pictures on the wall.
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.
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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Summer Snowmen (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ with snowmen and humorous verses.
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose (1988)
A collection of nursery rhymes, each illustrated by a different artist.
Nicola Bayley
Et al
That’s My Baby! (1983)
A fold-out ‘Daisychain’ of babies with humorous verses.
Things to Make from Card (1974)
A crafting book.
Read online at archive.org.
Things to Make from Junk (1977)
How to make all sorts of things from household bits and pieces.
Two Wheels Two Heads (1979)
The two-headed creature from The One and Only Two Heads rides a bike.
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull (1977)
When he is seven years old, Thomas Tull begin growing backwards.
Read online at archive.org.
Which Witch? (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ featuring six witches and accompanying verses.
The Worm Book (1979)
This book reveals many surprising facts about our friends the worms. (But don't believe any of them.)
Read online at archive.org.