Slow Dog Falling

by Allan Ahlberg, André Amstutz (Illustrator)

Fast Fox is chasing chickens again but, unluckily for him, it's Slow Dog's day to do chores in the hen house. Whatever Slow Dog is doing, he always manages to fall and flatten Fast Fox.

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

About the author

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 Janet Ahlberg, with whom he often worked. Their daughter, Jessica Ahlberg, is also a children's author.

Reviews

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children loved these books when they were small and now I'm using them in my English lessons (English as a second language). The 10-year-old beginners thought they were a lot of fun and found the simple repetitive text easy to follow (especially if I acted out the verbs!).

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun early reader featuring common farm animals and a fox. Great illustrations, nice fun story with nice early reader words.