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Allan Ahlberg

    Allan Ahlberg is celebrated as one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful children's authors. His writing is characterized by playful language and insightful perspectives on the world of childhood, often infused with a gentle touch of the absurd. Ahlberg's style is both accessible and enriching, making his books a beloved choice for readers of all ages. His works frequently explore themes of family, friendship, and everyday adventures with a unique and engaging outlook.

    Mr. Biff the Boxer
    Friendly Matches
    Mrs Wobble the Waitress
    The Bear Nobody Wanted
    Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter
    Funnybones
    • 2006

      Features a Gaskitt story. Mrs Gaskitt finds a parcel, Mr Gaskitt loses a baby, Horace has mixed feelings about a bird, and the twins' teacher, Mrs Fritter, is not herself. Why? How? When? Why?. The children smell a rat!

      The Children who Smelled a Rat
    • 2002

      The Adventures of Bert

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Bert has all sorts of ridiculous adventures and they're told in this book in a slapstick, almost farcical way. The reader is made to feel part of the story when he/she is told to turn the page quietly so as not to wake Bert's baby, and is blamed when the baby starts to cry. Bert rescues a barking cardboard box from the river, is chased down the street by a giant sausage - and much more

      The Adventures of Bert
    • 2001

      Friendly Matches

      • 86 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      3.9(12)Add rating

      A collection of football poems covering many aspects of the game. It is written in a variety of verse forms - sonnets, rhyming couplets, and more.

      Friendly Matches
    • 1999

      Mrs Vole the vet has one son, three daughters, three cats, four dogs and no husband. She works day and night curing rabbits and leopards and hamsters and elephants and every animal in between. But her children think she deserves some attention too, so they decide to help her find a boyfriend … Based on the classic ‘Happy Families’ card game, this highly entertaining series is ideal for reading and sharing at home or at school. It is guided by the Education Adviser, Brian Thompson, and written by the award-winning author, Allan Ahlberg. ‘The best thing to happen to beginner readers since Dr Seuss’ Children’s Rights Workshop.

      Mrs Vole the Vet
    • 1998

      Reading Together is a learn-to-read series of picture books for young children and parents to enjoy together. There are four levels, each consisting of six books, offering a variety of reading experiences: stories, poems, rhymes and songs, traditional tales and information books.

      One, Two, Flea!
    • 1996

      Daisy Dirt has an amazing life as she zooms between two homes - one with her Dad who is a dustman on the dole, and one with her Mum who has married a Duke with a Daimler. But when the Duke loses his money and her Dad wins the lottery it is a different story.

      Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter
    • 1994

      It was a Dark and Stormy Night

      • 36 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      3.9(296)Add rating

      Antonio, a small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes the dark and stormy night in thier cave weaving incredible stories for their own exploits - and solves his own problem of how to escape.

      It was a Dark and Stormy Night
    • 1990

      Big Bad Pig

      • 26 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      Labelled action pictures with a light story line introduce such concepts as cause and effect and opposites.

      Big Bad Pig
    • 1982

      Funnybones

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.3(4237)Add rating

      Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.

      Funnybones