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The Jolly Christmas Postman

Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

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…

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Janet Ahlberg,Allan Ahlberg

A small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes a dark and stormy night in their cave weaving for them incredible stories of their own exploits. Through the stories…

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The Ha Ha Bonk Book

Janet Ahlberg,Allan Ahlberg

A collection of good jokes to tell your dad, mum, your baby brother, your teacher and anybody else you can think of, such as: What goes ha ha bonk? A…

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Funnybones: Book & CD

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

A big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton live in the dark cellar of a dark house on a dark hill. The skeletons venture out one night to…

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Bye Bye Baby: A Sad Story with a Happy Ending

Allan Ahlberg

The story of a baby who is sad and sets off one day in search of a mummy. He meets many people and animals who refuse to become his mummy…

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Each Peach Pear Plum

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Children can look out for characters hiding in the pictures. A poem on each page gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many nursery characters…

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Peepo!

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Suitable for new babies and parents, this title continues to delight generations of babies and toddlers and their parents. It follows a baby through the day in a style full…

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Peepo! (Board Book)

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Suitable for babies and parents, this title features a series of holes peeping through to the next page that leads the child on to the next stage in the day…

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The Baby’s Catalogue

Allan Ahlberg

Mums and Dads, breakfasts and bedtimes, pets and toys and prams and swings - and lots and lots of other fascinating things! This charmingly illustrated and funny book presents a…

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Baby’s Big Box of Little Books

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Includes everything that is familiar to a young child. This book features iconic illustrations that present a vast array of baby paraphernalia that should be instantly recognizable and absorbing to…

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Each Peach Pear Plum

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Helps young children to interact with the picture to find the next fairy tale and nursery rhyme character. In this book, with your little eye, Take a look, And play…

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Starting School

Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike. It offers advice and enjoyment for the whole…

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The Baby’s Catalogue

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Suitable for your baby or toddler, this title is filled with easily recognizable objects.

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The Jolly Pocket Postman

Allan Ahlberg

The Jolly Postman has a magical adventure in which he suffers Alice’s fate and shrinks to the size of a postage stamp and meets lots of well-known characters before he…

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The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

The Jolly Postman delivers cards and letters to various fairy-tale characters. He has a letter of apology for the three bears from Goldilocks, a postcard from Jack for the giant…

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Jeremiah in the Dark Woods

Janet Ahlberg,Allan Ahlberg

Jeremiah lives in the Dark Woods with his grandma, who is brave enough to fight off crocodiles with her bare hands and her handbag. But her legs aren’t so good…

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Each Peach Pear Plum

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play I Spy with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters.

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Peek-a-Boo

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Look on with baby as he peeks at his family through actual die-cut holes in the pages of the board book edition of this all-time favorite. The pages unfold busy…

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Each Peach Pear Plum board book

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

A picture book from the creators of Peepo. It encourages young children to interact with the picture to find the next fairy tale and nursery rhyme character. It suitable for…

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Each Peach Pear Plum

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

A poem on each spread gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many well-known nursery characters are included so that young children can follow the…

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Each Peach Pear Plum

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

Helps young children to interact with the picture to find the next fairy tale and nursery rhyme character. In this book, with your little eye, Take a look, And play…

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Que Risa de Huesos!

Allan Ahlberg,Janet Ahlberg

This frightfully funny classic tells the story of three skeletons–a big skeleton, a little skeleton, and a dog skeleton–who venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to…

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