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Allan Ahlberg
(b.1938)Allan Ahlberg is one of Britain's best-loved children's writers. The author of over a hundred books, Allan has been delighting children of all ages for more than thirty years. Classic characters like Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman have become firm favourites with a generation of children who are now reading them to their own offspring. Allan's work - particularly in partnership with his first wife, Janet - has been recognised by many of the top awards in children's books, including The Kate Greenaway Medal (twice), The Children's Book Award (twice) and The Signal Poetry Award.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Happy Families
Master Bun the Baker's Boy (1980)
Miss Dose the Doctor's Daughter (1980)
Master Salt the Sailors' Son (1980)
Miss Jump the Jockey (1980)
Mr Biff the Boxer (1980)
Mrs Wobble the Waitress (1980) (with Janet Ahlberg)
Mrs. Plug the Plumber (1980)
Miss Brick the Builders' Baby (1981)
Mr. And Mrs. Hay The Horse (1981)
Mr. Buzz the Beeman (1981)
Mrs. Lather's Laundry (1981)
Mr. Cosmo the Conjuror (1986)
Mr. Creep the Crook (1988)
Mrs. Jolly's Joke Shop (1988)
Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter (1996)
Mrs. Vole the Vet (1996)
Master Track's Train (1997)
Ms. Cliff the Climber (1997)
Master Money the Millionaire (1999)
Mr. Tick the Teacher (1999)
Master Bun the Baker's Boy (1980)
Miss Dose the Doctor's Daughter (1980)
Master Salt the Sailors' Son (1980)
Miss Jump the Jockey (1980)
Mr Biff the Boxer (1980)
Mrs Wobble the Waitress (1980) (with Janet Ahlberg)
Mrs. Plug the Plumber (1980)
Miss Brick the Builders' Baby (1981)
Mr. And Mrs. Hay The Horse (1981)
Mr. Buzz the Beeman (1981)
Mrs. Lather's Laundry (1981)
Mr. Cosmo the Conjuror (1986)
Mr. Creep the Crook (1988)
Mrs. Jolly's Joke Shop (1988)
Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter (1996)
Mrs. Vole the Vet (1996)
Master Track's Train (1997)
Ms. Cliff the Climber (1997)
Master Money the Millionaire (1999)
Mr. Tick the Teacher (1999)
Novels
Woof! (1974)
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull (1977)
Son of a Gun (1979) (with Janet Ahlberg)
The Ha Ha Bonk Book (1982)
Fast Frog and Friends (1984)
The Giant Baby (1994)
The Night Train (1996)
My Brother's Ghost (2000)
The Improbable Cat (2002)
The Cat Who Got Carried Away (2003)
The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep and the Lettuce (2004)
The Boyhood of Burglar Bill (2007)
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull (1977)
Son of a Gun (1979) (with Janet Ahlberg)
The Ha Ha Bonk Book (1982)
Fast Frog and Friends (1984)
The Giant Baby (1994)
The Night Train (1996)
My Brother's Ghost (2000)
The Improbable Cat (2002)
The Cat Who Got Carried Away (2003)
The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep and the Lettuce (2004)
The Boyhood of Burglar Bill (2007)
Collections
Please Mrs. Butler (poems) (1983)
The Clothes Horse (1987) (with Janet Ahlberg)
The Mighty Slide (poems) (1988)
Ten in a Bed (1989)
Heard It in the Playground (poems) (1989)
The Better Brown Stories (1995)
The Mysteries of Zigomar (poems) (1997)
The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998) (with others)
Friendly Matches (poems) (2001)
Collected Poems (poems) (2008)
Funnybones (2010)
Everybody Was a Baby Once (poems) (2010)
The Clothes Horse (1987) (with Janet Ahlberg)
The Mighty Slide (poems) (1988)
Ten in a Bed (1989)
Heard It in the Playground (poems) (1989)
The Better Brown Stories (1995)
The Mysteries of Zigomar (poems) (1997)
The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998) (with others)
Friendly Matches (poems) (2001)
Collected Poems (poems) (2008)
Funnybones (2010)
Everybody Was a Baby Once (poems) (2010)
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