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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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With a fresh new look for a brand new generation of school children to take to its heart, every teacher, parent and child should have a copy. Nobody leave the…
Eric is a perfectly ordinary boy. Perfectly ordinary that is, until the night when, in fifteen seconds flat, he turns into a dog! Eric and his best friend are determined…
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An illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school life.
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…
Mrs Lather is getting quite worked up in her laundry. She hates washing socks, she hates washing vests, she really doesn’t much like washing trousers or dresses either. But her…
Mr Tick loves teaching his six children at their little school. But then they hear news that all small schools must close, so Mr Tick starts teaching some rather unusual…
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…
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.
The inspired creators of the Runaway Dinner and The Pencil serve up a shouting, screaming, smiling, whistling, playing, chasing, rhyming romp. Nineteen impishly illustrated poems present a unique cast of…
The beloved Happy Families collection brought together in audio for the first time!
Penguin presents Happy Families- The Collection by Allan Ahlberg.
Families come in all shapes and sizes. Listen…
An inventive, topsy-turvy, back-to-front story of fairytale characters and what they did … previously.
Mr Track is the train driver, and Mrs Track is the driver’s wife. Toby Track is their little boy and he is exceptionally good at jumping onto stolen trains and…
Allan Ahlberg,Andre Amstutz
Whoo-ooo-ooo! It’s midnight at the station and the three skeletons climb aboard the ghost train for a spooky ride. But they discover something even more scary.
A dog skeleton is a boring pet so the two skeletons take him off to the - Miaow! - Squeak! - Grunt!- pet shop to swap him for something better.
In a dark dark street There is a dark dark house … In this FUNNYBONES story, the skeletons go sledging - WHEE! - and crashing - BANG! They can’t see…
Picture books are such good fun and so is making them–but who knew there were so many things that could go wrong? This is the story of a picture book…
Daisy Dirt’s dad is a dustman on the dole, but her mum has remarried a Duke and is a filthy rich Duchess. Poor Daisy doesn’t know whether she’s coming or…
No matter where they are, the two skeletons keep going bump in the night - clonk! There’s only one thing to do: Send for Doctor Bones .
Fast Fox is determined to have chicken for his supper. Mother Hen and her three chickens are looking for corn for their’s. Fast Fox follows chickens and they follow his…
Mr Creep the Crook is a bad man, and all his family are bad too - even Growler, his dog. But when he escapes from jail and heads to the…
A hilarious Happy Families picture book from master storyteller Allan Ahlberg.
Bertie Bun was born to be a baker. His mum is a baker. His dad is a baker. Even…
Mr and Mrs Brick are builders, just like their mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers. But their new baby doesn’t seem to be following in their footsteps. Instead of…
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Alison Hubble is shocked when she wakes up to find a twin in the bed next to her. And she keeps doubling… and doubling… and doubling!
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…
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…