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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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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
John Lawrence
Baby Sleeps (1998)
A book about babies for babies. Taken from the popular Baby’s Catalog.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
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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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Bear Nobody Wanted (1992)
The adventures of a teddy bear who was just a bit of a snob, but he was made that way.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
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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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
The Better Brown Stories (1995)
Unhappy with the stories that are shaping their lives, the members of the Brown family go to see the writer responsible.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wenger
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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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
A Bit More Bert (2002)
Bert receives a disastrous haircut, loses his dog, and discovers that there are many other Berts in the world.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Raymond Briggs
The Black Cat (1990)
A little black cat watches the antics of three skeletons sledding in the snow.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Blow Me Down! (1986)
This is a children's picture book with three burglars, giants and gorillas.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Blue Buggy (1998)
Baby learns about colors. This is the U.S. edition of Blue Pram.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Blue Pram (1998)
Baby learns about colors. There is a U.S. edition called Blue Buggy.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Bravest Ever Bear (1999)
Fairy tale characters tell their stories from their own perspective, with new endings, and find themselves encountering each other as their stories overlap.
We count 30 unnumbered pages.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Paul Howard
Bumps in the Night (1993)
The skeletons are having trouble: at school, in the park and at the Midnight Fair. Wherever they go, there are bumps in the night.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Burglar Bill (1977)
Burglar Bill burgles a baby by accident. Then Burglar Betty burgles him!
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
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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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Chicken, Chips and Peas (1999)
Fast Fox is hungry and wants his chicken, chips and peas for supper. When he looks in his freezer, he has everything but no chicken. Oh no! The poor little chickens, who will save them?
We count 30 unnumbered pages.
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Chickens in the Snow (2001)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
The Cinderella Show (1986)
Town End Primary School puts on a school play.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg