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Best Selling Books by Janet Ahlberg

Janet Ahlberg is the author of Each Peach Pear Plum (2011), Peepo! (2011), Funnybones (1983), Starting School (2013), Jolly Pocket Postman (2006).

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Each Peach Pear Plum

release date: Sep 01, 2011
Each Peach Pear Plum
In this book with your little eye, take a look and play I spy - so starts the classic story from best-selling author/illustrator team, Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum introduces favourite fairy tale characters, such as Tom Thumb and The Three Bears and, with a poem on each page hinting as to what is hiding in the picture, children are encouraged to participate and follow the story themselves. Now available in digital format, this well-known favourite truly is a modern classic.

Peepo!

release date: Sep 01, 2011
Peepo!
Peepo! is the much-loved picture book classic by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Peepo! is a modern classic that continues to delight generations of babies and toddlers and their parents A perfect gift for new babies and parents, no home should be without a copy! Here''s a little baby One, two three Standing in his cot What does he see? Praise for Peepo! ''The best book ever published for babies'' - Books for Your Children ''Surely no one - baby, child or adult - could fail to enjoy Peepo!'' - Sunday Telegraph ''A book to last a lifetime . . . this is a perfect book for sharing'' - Nursery World Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children''s books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children''s picture books. The Baby''s Catalogue was inspired by their daughter, Jessica. The Ahlbergs'' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Funnybones

Funnybones
Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.

Starting School

release date: Jul 04, 2013
Starting School
From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike. A classic picture book which offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts.

Jolly Pocket Postman

release date: Oct 31, 2006
Jolly Pocket Postman
Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks! The Jolly Postman is setting off on his third adventure. . . but nothing goes quite to plan when he suffers a bump to the head, and shrinks to the size of a postage stamp! And from then it just gets curiouser and curiouser. . . Featuring a whole host of familiar characters and of course, beautiful pull-out letters and a magnifying glass, The Jolly Pocket Postman is the third story in the bestselling and award-winning series by Janet and Alan Ahlberg.

The Baby's Catalogue

release date: Nov 01, 1985
The Baby's Catalogue
From the popular The Baby''s Catalogue, these four board books feature activities and surroundings in a baby''s world. With babies'' and toddlers'' keen interest in other babies and object identification, The Baby''s Catalogue board books are the perfect beginning books for the very youngest readers. In Baby Sleeps, baby''s daily activities are presented: baby wakes, drinks, thinks, bounces, and finally falls asleep. Full color.

It was a Dark and Stormy Night

release date: Jan 01, 1994
It was a Dark and Stormy Night
Antonio, a small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes the dark and stormy night in thier cave weaving incredible stories for their own exploits - and solves his own problem of how to escape.

Burglar Bill

release date: Jan 01, 1999
Burglar Bill
Janet and Allan Ahlberg''s hilarious picture book, Burglar Bill. Burglar Bill is an entertaining picture book by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo Perfect as a bedtime story and for children learning to read Who''s that creeping down the street? Who''s that climbing up the wall? Who''s that coming through the window? Who''s that? ... It''s Burglar Bill. Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children''s books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children''s picture books, including Cops and Robbers, It was a Dark and Stormy Night, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: Kicking a Ball; The Baby''s Catalogue; Cops and Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo ; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please Mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

The Ha Ha Bonk Book

The Ha Ha Bonk Book
Laughter guaranteed with The Ha Ha Bonk Book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - jam-packed with brilliant jokes to tell your dad, your mum, your baby brother, your teacher and anybody else you can think of, such as: What goes ha ha bonk? A man laughing his head off. and What goes 99 bonk? A centipede with a wooden leg and What goes putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt? A bad golfer and lots more besides! This is an all-time classic favourite joke book for all the family to enjoy. Allan Ahlberg - a former teacher, postman, plumber''s mate and gravedigger - is in the super-league of children''s writers with sales exceeding 17 million and library borrowings of 13 million. In collaboration with his late wife, Janet, he has published many enduring titles, among them Each Peach Pear Plum, Peepo!, Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman. In addition he has written novels, collections of stories, sets of easy-readers and joke books.

Jeremiah in the Dark Woods

release date: Jan 01, 1989
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods
Winner of the Caldecott Medal. Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," where he lives with his family of twelve, he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There''s always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grateful guests say a wonderful "Thank you" provides a delightfully warm and tender ending to this hilarious tale of kindness. Always Room for One More is the winner of the 1966 Caldecott Medal.

The Jolly Christmas Postman

release date: Oct 02, 2014
The Jolly Christmas Postman
It''s Christmas Eve and the JOLLY POSTMAN is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there''s a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called ''Beware'' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalised Humpty Dumpty and three more surprise envelopes containing letters, cards, etc. Everyone''s favourite postman keeps on peddling his bicycle up hill and down dale . . . and into everybody''s hearts.

Peek-a-Boo

release date: Sep 01, 1997
Peek-a-Boo
Nursey rhyme story book about a baby playing peek- a - boo with his family.

The Clothes Horse and Other Stories

release date: Jan 01, 1989
The Clothes Horse and Other Stories
In six brief, whimsical stories, the acclaimed team of Janet and Allan Ahlberg shows what happens when everyday expressions are taken literally. A giant collects a pot of boys named Jack in--what else?--"The Jack Pot". And what is a "Clothes Horse?"--a horse made of clothing, of course! Full-color illustrations throughout.

Funny Bones: The Collection

release date: Nov 21, 2017
Funny Bones: The Collection
Penguin presents Funny Bones: The Collection by Allan Ahlberg, read by Stephen Mangan. An audio collection of the perennially popular Funny Bones books by Allan Ahlberg Featuring: Funnybones, The Pet Shop, The Black Cat, Bumps in the Night, Give the Dog a Bone, Dinosaur Dreams, Skeleton Crew and Mystery Tour.

The Jolly Postman, Or, Other People's Letters

release date: Jan 01, 1999
The Jolly Postman, Or, Other People's Letters
The jolly postman delivers letters to storybook characters. Includes envelopes with real letters inside. 5 yrs+

The Bear Nobody Wanted

release date: Jan 01, 1993
The Bear Nobody Wanted
A teddy bear with a rather inflated opinion of himself has a series of not-always-pleasant adventures before finding a real home.

Cops and Robbers

release date: Jan 01, 1989
Cops and Robbers
SUMMARY: A band of thieves are captured by the police after they pull off a series of thefts on Christmas Eve.

The Old Joke Book

The Old Joke Book
A collection of humorous riddles, cartoon strips, and poems featuring the Bogies, Little Mo and her Magic Pencil, Bully Bertha, and others.

The Vanishment of Thomas Tull

The Vanishment of Thomas Tull
When Thomas Tull is seven years old, he stops growing and begins shrinking and shrinking and shrinking.

The Jolly Postman, Or, Other People's Letters (20th Anniversary Edition)

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Mr Biff the Boxer

release date: Jan 01, 2016

Jolly Christmas Postman Empty

release date: Sep 09, 1991

The Jolly Christmas Postman (30th Anniversary Edition)

release date: Jan 01, 2011

The Jolly Pocket Postman

release date: Jan 01, 1995
The Jolly Pocket Postman
While on his rounds, the Postman gets knocked on the head with a giant rattle which gives him a dream that sends him down a rabbit hole to meet Alice and then onto Oz to meet Dorothy.

The Baby's Catalogue Frieze

release date: Jan 01, 1993

Jolly Pocket Postman - 1996

release date: Aug 01, 1996
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