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
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
The Cinderella Show (1986)
Town End Primary School puts on a school play.
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?
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
Each Peach Pear Plum (1978)
A game of I Spy with favorite nursery characters.
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Fred’s Dream (1976)
Fred dreams of many things instead of paying attention in class.
Funnybones (1980)
The Skeleton family goes out for a walk, but there is no one to scare.
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The Good Old Dolls (1984)
A set of fold-out character cards featuring dolls.
Janet Ahlberg
The Great Marathon Football Match (1976)
The Brick Street boys play a football match that goes on and on and on.
Read online at archive.org.
The Ha Ha Bonk Book (1982)
A large collection of jokes and riddles.
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Here are the Brick Street Boys (1974)
The Brick Street boys just want to play football.
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.
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.
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.
The Little Worm Book (1979)
Here is more amazing information about our friends the worms.
The Mighty Slide (1988)
’The snow has fallen in the night.
The temperature’s exactly right
The playground’s ready, white and wide;
Just waiting for the mighty slide.’
and four other epic poems.
Monster Munch (1984)
A ‘Daisy Chain’ of six pictures with verses.
Janet Ahlberg
Mr Biff the Boxer (1980)
Mr. Biff and Mr. Bop are in training for the big charity match.
Read online at archive.org.