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Allan Ahlberg

Born

in Croydon, The United Kingdom

June 05, 1938

Died

July 31, 2025

Genre

Children's Books

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Allan Ahlberg was one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born in Croydon in 1938, he was educated at Sunderland Technical College. Although he dreamed of becoming a writer since the age of twelve, 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.

Ahlberg 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. He says that if he hadn't become a writer, he would have loved to be a soccer player. He was married for many years to fellow children's author J ...more

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	Burglar Bill by Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg 4.23 avg rating — 4,034 ratings — published 1977 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Please Mrs. Butler 4.27 avg rating — 1,528 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 1,224 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baby's Catalogue by Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg 3.89 avg rating — 686 ratings — published 1982 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cops and Robbers by Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg 4.33 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 1978 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Previously by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woof! 3.79 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heard It in the Playground 4.10 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hooray for Bread by Allan Ahlberg, Bruce Ingman (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Funnybones (10 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 5,992 ratings

Burglar Bill (2 books)
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4.22 avg rating — 4,091 ratings

Happy Families (20 books)
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André Amstutz (Illustrator )

3.83 avg rating — 1,471 ratings

The Gaskitts (4 books)
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Katharine McEwen (Illustrator)

3.85 avg rating — 795 ratings

The Adventures of Bert (2 books)
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Raymond Briggs (Illustrator)

3.25 avg rating — 226 ratings

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“Some plough the land, some mow or mine it;
While others —if you let them —shine it.”
― Allan Ahlberg, The Mighty Slide

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