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 Pair of Sinners : Forgetting Not Their Ma, Who Was One Also (1980)
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The Baby’s Catalogue (1982)
Whimsical drawings of the daily routines of the lives of babies and their parents. Includes some vocabulary words.
This was an Atlantic Monthly Press book.
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Bad Bear (1985)
Children's picture book.
Bear’s Birthday (1985)
A bear has a noisy birthday party. A little man has a big hat. And a door is opened to a monstrous surprise.
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Big Bad Pig (1985)
Three little wolves and a big bad pig. A spotty dog and a spotty house. And a fishy tale.
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The Black Cat (1990)
A little black cat watches the antics of three skeletons sledding in the snow.
Blow Me Down! (1986)
This is a children's picture book with three burglars, giants and gorillas.
Burglar Bill (1977)
Burglar Bill burgles a baby by accident. Then Burglar Betty burgles him!
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Bye Bye Baby (1989)
The baby did not have a mommy so he set out one day to find one. And then he needed a daddy so they both set out to find one.
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The Cinderella Show (1986)
Town End Primary School puts on a school play.
Circus: A Foldaway Book (1984)
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The Clothes Horse and Other Stories (1987)
What if there really were a horse made out of clothes? or a Night Train that brought the night?
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Cops and Robbers (1978)
It is Christmas Eve and the robbers of London set out to steal as many toys as they can, but Officer Pugh is on the job.
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Dinosaur Dreams (1991)
Three skeletons enter each other's dreams about dinosaurs.
The book has 26 unnumbered pages.
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Double Ducks (1982)
Five little ducks comes home with friends. Now there are double the number of ducks!
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Each Peach Pear Plum (1978)
A game of I Spy with favorite nursery characters.
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Fast Frog (1982)
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Fee Fi Fo Fum (1985)
Children's picture book.
Foldaway Families (1984)
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Fred’s Dream (1976)
Fred dreams of many things instead of paying attention in class.