Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg, born on June 28, 1938, in Aylesbury, England, is a renowned British author and publisher. With a career spanning several decades, he has made significant contributions to children's literature and publishing, earning widespread recognition for his engaging storytelling and inventive works.
Personal Name: Allan Ahlberg
Birth: 1938
Allan Ahlberg Books
(82 Books)
Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters
This gorgeously illustrated, full-color classic celebrates a time before email by depicting amusing correspondence between fairy tale and Mother Goose characters. What could possibly be in a letter from Goldilocks to the Three Bears? Who would write to the Wicked Witch? Open this book, take out the letters, and discover what favorite characters would write to each other--and reimagine best-loved tales together.
Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.
A clumsy Englishman tries to dress himself and ends up in Scotland, is chased by a giant sausage, and saves a dog from drowning even though he cannot swim.
Three skeletons have a good time on their sailing vacation, until their boat is boarded by pirates.
A man and woman go to Nurse Doodle's Baby Shop and find a little cat baby to be their very own.
A band of thieves plot to steal the children's toys before they are received on Christmas.
It all begins when David's family takes in a stray kitten. At least that's what the creature appears to be. But David and his faithful dog, Billy, immediately sense something terribly amiss. Then indeed "something crazy--impossible--horrific" happens. . . .From the Hardcover edition.
All the Gaskitts have a bad day when the baby rolls away in a shopping cart, the twins' teacher acts peculiar, and a lost bird tries to hypnotize the cat.
Brief rhyming clues invite the reader to look through holes in the pages for a baby's view of the world from breakfast to bedtime.
Mrs. Gaskitt the taxi driver, Mr. Gaskitt the heavily dressed man, and their twins, Gus and Gloria, foil a bank robbery.
A lonely pencil timidly draws a boy, a dog, and other items but soon faces a problem as his creations begin demanding changes, and when he draws an eraser to make them happy, the real trouble begins.
Henry and Henrietta Hay are embarrassed because their circus performer parents, in contrast to other mothers and fathers, go everywhere happily wearing their horse suit.
It is an exciting couple of days for the Gaskitt family and their community--with missing pets, an unusual substitute teacher, and a special addition to their household.
Bert receives a disastrous haircut, loses his dog, and discovers that there are many other Berts in the world.
For anyone who can't see a ball without wanting to kick it, head it, shoot it, or boot it! 'Not eating an ice-cream, Or riding a bike, No - kicking a ball, Is what I like.' 'What I like best, yes, most of all in my whole life is ... kicking a ball. A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud, Kicking A Ball will not disappoint fans of Allan Ahlberg. First written as a poem, the little boy in the story has been brought to life perfectly by artist Sebastien Braun. Every parent will be able to immediately relate to the simple joy felt by a boy simply kicking a ball, and how there is nothing else quite like it. The incomparable Allan Ahlberg takes us on a journey from childhood to fatherhood full of humour, warmth, friendship ... and football.
On the day Mom goes shopping with her young daughter, baby Harry, and Wilf the Wonderdog, she starts by making her usual grocery list. But with Allan Ahlberg at the helm, what begins as a mundane shopping trip can quickly become just a little unusual. With the help of whimsically detailed illustrations by André Amstutz, this persistent family treks through a blizzard and under the desert sun, into a jungle of tropical beasts, and even across the sea. But what will they find at the end of their journey?
Frances Foggarty, now in her fifties, remembers her childhood.. When she was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances's story is of her new relationship with Tom, the ghost and 'guardian angel'. Frances wears a caliper as a result of polio and she and her young brother live with a rather tyrannical aunt. In this touching tale of loss, hardship and endurance Frances comes to terms with Tom's death and moves on in her life.
Mrs Vole the Vet has one son, two daughters, three cats, four dogs and no husband.
Really, she has everything she needs and she works very hard - no job is too big, too small or too high - but her children think that what she really needs is a boyfriend!
The adventures of various nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters are retold in backward sequence with each tale interrelated to the other. Includes Goldilocks, Jack and the beanstalk, Jack and Jill, the frog prince, Cinderella, and the gingerbread man.
Eric is a perfectly ordinary boy - perfectly ordinary, that is, until the night he turns into a dog! This is the story of his adventures with his best friend, Roy, and their efforts to puzzle out the reason for his transformation.
Presents hitherto unknown information about worms-- their common characteristics, their purchase, capture and care, their differences throughout the world, their history, their illustrious achievements, and their future.
Babies, their families, and familiar objects and activities are depicted in whimsical drawings which present the daily routines of the lives of babies and their parents. Includes some vocabulary words.
As Mr. Gaskitt takes a series of jobs and Mrs. Gaskitt keeps winning prizes, their nine-year-old twins, Gus and Gloria, follow a substitute teacher who seems too good to be true.
Grandma tells Michael, Hannah, and their baby brother the story of three children who shrink to such a small size that they decide to live in a snail's shell.
Simple text and illustrations demonstrate in brief vignettes such concepts as cause and effect, adding, parts of a whole, opposites, and the meaning of words.
Catching a baby in his hat sets off a series of adventures for a young nineteenth-century English boy as he becomes a sea captain and finds a surprising mate.
Fairy tale characters tell their stories from their own perspective, with new endings, and find themselves encountering each other as their stories overlap.
An adventurous little monkey who escapes from the zoo and spends the day meeting new friends in the outside world begins to miss his mom when evening comes.
A Jolly Postman delivers Christmas cards to several famous fairy-tale characters. Each card may be removed from its envelope page and read separately
Esmeralda the pig is jointly owned by kindly Mrs. Harbottle and her nasty ex-husband Mr. Harbottle who wants to turn Esmeralda into sausages.
A young boy named Banjo Cannon always eats a sausage for dinner, until the night that his sausage--and the rest of his meal--runs away.
A little boy sets out to find the thief of his grandmother's strawberry tarts and meets a number of unusual characters on his search.
After being kidnapped by outlaws, Antonio, an eight-year old boy is asked to tell them a story which he makes up as he goes along.
A teddy bear with a rather inflated opinion of himself has a series of not-always-pleasant adventures before finding a real home.
Unhappy with the stories that are shaping their lives, the members of the Brown family go to see the writer responsible.
Labelled pictures introduce vocabulary and such concepts as cause and effect, opposites, and parts of a whole.
A variation of an old lullaby in which adoring family and friends promise the baby an assortment of presents.
Labelled action pictures with a light story line introduce such concepts as cause and effect and opposites.
Labelled pictures introduce vocabulary and such concepts as cause and effect and parts of a whole.
"Red Nose Readers are the very simplest first readers - and the funniest!"--Back cover.
"Red Nose Readers are the very simplest first readers - and the funniest!"--Back cover.
In 1938 Allan Ahlberg was picked up in London by his new adoptive mother and taken back to Oldbury in the Black Country. Now one of the most successful children's book writers in the world, here Allan writes of an oddly enchanted childhood lived out in an industrial town; of a tough and fiercely protective mother; of fearsome bacon slicers; of 'fugitive memories, the ones that shimmer on the edges of things: trapdoors in the grass, Dad's dancing overalls'. Of 'two mothers, two fathers and me like a parcel or a baton (or a hot potato!) passed between them'. Using a mix of prose and poetry, supported by new drawings by his daughter Jessica and old photographs, THE BUCKET brings to life the childhood that inspired Allan's classic picture books.
‘This is the story
Of Alison Hubble,
Who went to bed single,
And woke up double.’
Here, in verse, are the hilariously original stories of a mighty slide, a man who fought crocodiles, a girl who doubled, a couple of baby skinners and a thing that lived under a school. A wonderful collection from Allan Ahlberg, author of ‘Please Mrs Butler, Woof!’ and ‘Happy Families’, illustrated throughout with delightful drawings by Charlotte Voake.
Mrs. Plug, with her useful bag, is ready for any emergency, whether it is a leak in the bathroom, a robbery on the street, or a storm at sea.
A baby with an aggressive nature who lives alone manages to acquire a mommy, a daddy, and several other acquaintances to live with him.
Sick of socks and sheets and undershirts, the Lathers decide that in future they will wash anything except laundry.
Three skeletons take a mystery tour and uncover several mysteries by shining a light on some suspicious objects.
When Mrs. Wobble is fired from her job for wobbling, the young Wobbles figure out a way to overcome her problem.
Mr. and Mrs. Brick, whose families have always been builders, have a baby who would rather knock things down.
Three skeletons have fun when they take a train ride one dark, dark night--until something scares them.
Billy and Betty Biff toughen up their dad for his big charity fight against the very fit Mr. Bop.
