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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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Burglar Bill

Allan Ahlberg

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.

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Cops and Robbers

Allan Ahlberg

The robbers of London town plan a desperate crime one Christmas Eve - to steal all the toys they can lay their hands on! Fortunately, the robbers meet their match…

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The Pencil

Allan Ahlberg

The creators of The Runaway Dinner and Previously team up to imagine the comical world that comes to life when a lonely pencil starts to draw. Illustrations.

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Kicking a Ball

Allan Ahlberg

First written as a poem, the little boy in the story has been brought to life perfectly by artist Sebastien Braun. This book takes us on a journey from childhood…

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The Runaway Dinner

Allan Ahlberg

Talk about fast food! A hilarious, high-speed tale from the inimitable Allan Ahlberg - catch it if you can!

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Under the Table

Allan Ahlberg

Now here’s another story for you, full of such fun and exciting stuff, you will surely love it… Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman are back! Hold on tight for a…

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Under the Table

Allan Ahlberg

Now here's another story for you, full of such fun and exciting stuff, you will surely love it... Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman are back! Hold on tight for a…

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Under the Table

Allan Ahlberg

Nothing is what it seems-and anything can happen-when the hilarious team of Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman sneak a peek under the table.

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Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection

Allan Ahlberg

Contains three stories about skeletons: The Ghost Train , Bumps in the Night and Skeleton Crew . This collection is suitable for early readers.

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The Pencil

Allan Ahlberg

The creators of The Runaway Dinner and Previously team up to imagine the comical world that comes to life when a lonely pencil starts to draw. Illustrations.

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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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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

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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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

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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Baby on Board

Allan Ahlberg

The fantastical story of a baby swept out to sea, and the brave toys who bring him safely home- a future classic, beautifully told and illustrated

A lyrical and epic…

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Funnybones: The Collection

Janet Ahlberg,Allan Ahlberg

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…

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The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep and the Lettuce

Allan Ahlberg

You may think you know the riddle of the boy, the wolf, the sheep and the lettuce, but this book will prove you wrong.

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My Brother’s Ghost

Allan Ahlberg

When Frances Foggarty was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances’ story is of her new relationship with…

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The Improbable Cat

Allan Ahlberg

In this story for children from the age of nine, a seemingly harmless kitten limps into the Burrell family’s garden, but as it grows bigger and bigger, the family are…

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The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

Allan Ahlberg

Archie was a wonder dog in all our eyes. Nearly a year ago he had got run over. They found his foot in the street but the rest of him…

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Master Money the Millionaire

Allan Ahlberg

Master Money is a very rich little boy indeed. When he’s only four years old, he finds buried treasure in his garden. When he’s five, he finds buried treasure in…

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The Bucket: Memories of an Inattentive Childhood

Allan Ahlberg

The author was adopted as a baby. In 1938 he was picked up in London by his new mother and taken back to Oldbury in the Black Country. This title…

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The Mighty Slide

Allan Ahlberg

Features 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.

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Miss Jump the Jockey

Allan Ahlberg

Miss Josie Jump the jockey can’t wait to gallop in a race like her mum, her brother and even her grandma, but everyone says she’s too young. But then grandma’s…

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Friendly Matches

Allan Ahlberg

A superb new collection of football poems covering a range of different aspects of the game - referees, team talk, 1966 World Cup and more. Written in a variety of…

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Funnybones: Give the Dog a Bone

Allan Ahlberg

The dog skeleton is falling apart - bits of him are dropping off - bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces and put him back together again?

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Mrs Wobble the Waitress

Allan Ahlberg

Mrs Wobble loves her job as a waitress but, oh dear, there’s one big problem - she wobbles! And when she wibbles and wobbles and drops jelly everywhere, it’s time…

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The Jolly Postman: Or Other People’s Letters

Allan Ahlberg

Now republished in a larger format, this classic depicts amusing correspondence from one fairy tale or Mother Goose character to another, giving readers a chance to follow-up on some favorite…

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