The Vanishment of Thomas Tull

by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

When Thomas Tull is seven years old, he stops growing and begins shrinking and shrinking and shrinking.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Janet Ahlberg (1944-1994) was a British children's book illustrator, and the co-creator, together with her husband Allan Ahlberg, of the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born as Janet Hall in Yorkshire in 1944, she studied at Sunderland Technical College, where she met Ahlberg. The two married in 1969, and began to work together, publishing their first co-venture - The Old Joke Book - in 1976. She won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association - an award recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - for Each Peach Pear Plum.

Janet Ahlberg died of breast cancer in 1994, at the age of fifty, having produced many beloved and bestselling books. Her daughter with Allan Ahlberg - Jessica Ahlberg - is also a children's book creator.

Reviews

[Margot Lindgren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an absolutely perfect book to read aloud to Grade 2 or 3. It is funny and yet also clever. The language is perfect for discussion. It makes a terrific serial story read over several days. I wish it was still in print.