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Allan Ahlberg

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born

January 01, 1938 in Croydon, The United Kingdom

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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Allan Ahlberg, one of the most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series - says that he dreamed of becoming a writer since the age of twelve. But his route to that goal was somewhat circuitous.

Other jobs along the way included postman (not an especially jolly one, he recalls), gravedigger, plumber, and teacher.

The author wrote his first book when he was thirty-seven, after a decade of teaching - a profession that he maintains is "much harder" than being a writer.

Allan Ahlberg says that if he hadn't become a writer, he would have loved to be a soccer player. He lives in England with his family.

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Books by Allan Ahlberg

Average rating: 4.17 · 8,232 ratings · 885 reviews · 144 distinct works

	The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Funnybones 3.98 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Previously by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Please Mrs Butler 4.18 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Baby in the Hat by Allan Ahlberg, André Amstutz 3.51 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	It Was a Dark and Stormy Night 3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Man Who Wore All His Clothes by Allan Ahlberg, Katharine McEwen (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Cat Who Got Carried Away by Allan Ahlberg, Katharine McEwen (Illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Children Who Smelled A Rat by Allan Ahlberg, Katharine McEwen (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating: