Janet Ahlberg Books

The Jolly Postman delivers letters and cards to fairy-tale characters, including an apology from Goldilocks to the three bears, a postcard from Jack to the giant, and a solicitor's letter from Little Red Riding-Hood to the wolf.

It's Christmas Eve and the JOLLY POSTMAN is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there's a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called 'Beware' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalised Humpty Dumpty and three more surprise envelopes containing letters, cards, etc. Everyone's favourite postman keeps on peddling his bicycle up hill and down dale . . . and into everybody's hearts.

Contains three stories about skeletons: The Ghost Train, Bumps in the Night and Skeleton Crew. This collection is suitable for early readers.

This is a new Puffin edition of Allan Ahlberg's best-selling Cops and Robbers classic picture book, with a brand new cover! The robbers of London town plan a desperate crime one Christmas Eve - to steal all the toys they can lay their hands on! Fortunately, the robbers meet their match in brave office Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get away.

Labelled pictures introduce vocabulary and such concepts as cause and effect, opposites, and parts of a whole.

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 Funnybones are at their scariest in this book for reading by torchlight. Using an ordinary torch, children can follow the skeletons as they go out at night, projecting eight spooky images on to the wall.

Mr Tick loves teaching his six children at their little school. But then they hear news that all small schools must close, so Mr Tick starts teaching some rather unusual lessons – in how to trick stern school inspectors. 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.

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

Gathers riddles, jokes and humorous poems about animals, school, sports, and brothers and sisters

Who's that creeping down the street? Who's that climbing up the wall? Who's that coming through the window? Who's that?... It's Burglar Bill.

Mr Track is the train driver, and Mrs Track is the driver's wife. Toby Track is their little boy and he is exceptionally good at jumping onto stolen trains and rescuing them from crooks.

Offers illustrated pages that encourages young children to interact with the picture to find the next fairy tale and nursery rhyme character.

There's a lot packed in to this little board book. A delightful rhyme takes baby through everything he can see in his world over the course of the day. 'Peep-hole' cutouts provide little windows onto evocative illustrations which capture his environment in detail - the park, the house and garden and his family. 'The BEST book ever published for babies' Books for Your Children

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When Mrs. Wobble is fired from her job for wobbling, the young Wobbles figure out a way to overcome her problem. Suggested level: junior.

This illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school life won the Signal Poetry Award in 1990. Meet Billy McBone and the Mad Professor’s Daughter, be amazed by the Longest Kiss Contest, shed a tear for the Boy Without a Name and – if you’re a stressed teacher – sing the Mrs Butler Blues.

'They want a sack of gold for the driver and half your kingdom for the night.'Meet the king who must rescue night, the children who create a mighty slide and the mad professor's daughter in this wonderful collection of stories in prose and verse from Allan Ahlberg.Contains:Life SavingsThe Mad Professor's Daughter (Poem)The Night TrainNo Man's LandCaptain Jim (Poem)The Clothes HorseThe Mighty Slide (Poem)God Knows

Simple text and illustrations demonstrate in brief vignettes such concepts as cause and effect, adding, parts of a whole, opposites, and the meaning of words.

A teddy bear with a rather inflated opinion of himself has a series of not-always-pleasant adventures before finding a real home.

Mrs Lather is getting quite worked up in her laundry. She hates washing socks, she hates washing vests, she really doesn't much like washing trousers or dresses either. But her job gets rather more difficult when her customers start bringing in more unusual washing loads...

Whoo-ooo-ooo! It's midnight at the station and the three skeletons climb aboard the ghost train for a spooky ride. But they discover something even more scary.

"All he does is DIG holes - and BARK!" "WOOF!" Barks the dog. When The Big Skeleton and The Little Skeleton become fed up with The Dog Skeleton they decide to swap him at the pet shop! They start off with a goldfish but soon get tired of him and swap him for a parrot - but soon they get bored of him too . . . Eventually the pet shop owner gives them a box to take home with a surprise pet inside. What do you think it will be? Can't get enough of the Funnybones skeletons? Discover: Funnybones: The Black Cat The Funnybones Collection

Two boys who urged their father to tell them bedtime stories hear four very short and silly tales fo overeating animals

Mr Creep and family decide to give up being crooks and to give being good a try.

In a dark dark street There is a dark dark house . . . In this FUNNYBONES story, the skeletons go sledging - WHEE! - and crashing - BANG! They can't see their bones in the white snow but they can see a black cat . . . until she slips into their dark, dark cellar . . .

Imagine getting so very, very small that you could leave your house by a crack under the door and live, for a while, in your very own, private snail house. Imagine a tigerish bird, raindrops like sacks of water, an apple the size of a huge bomb. Imagine the adventures you might have...Now picture yourself on the verandah one warm summer's evening, with Michael, Hannah and the baby, as Grandma begins her story...

One dark dark night the three skeletons go driving and solve six mysteries. Lots of things look and sound mysterious in the dark but the last mystery is the most important of all - if they don't solve it, they can't go home.

The adventures of various nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters are retold in backward sequence with each tale interrelated to the other. Includes Goldilocks, Jack and the beanstalk, Jack and Jill, the frog prince, Cinderella, and the gingerbread man

From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike. A classic picture book which offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts.

Mr. and Mrs. Brick, whose families have always been builders, have a baby who would rather knock things down.

The big skeleton and the little skeleton are being chased by dinosaurs ...in their dreams! Luckily dogs can dream too - and save the day.

The dog skeleton is falling apart - bits of him are dropping off - bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces and put him back together again?

In this delightful catalogue, perfectly adapted to the needs of the very young child, the reader follows five babies through their day, and comes across all of the instantly recognisable things from their own day, such as prams, pets, baths and bedtime. Full of the lovely attention to detail that we have come to expect from this world-renowned team.

A small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes a dark and stormy night in their cave weaving for them incredible stories of their own exploits. Through the stories he solves his own problem and manages to escape.

First published in 1985, in three sections: a bear has a noisy birthday party; a little man has a big hat; and a door is opened to a monstrous surprise.

A rhyming picture book that tells what happens when a clever little monkey obtains the key to his cage, escapes and runs all over town until he's so tired at the end of the day that he goes back to find his mum.

Comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game of " Happy Families " .

Henry and Henrietta Hay are embarrassed because their circus performer parents, in contrast to other mothers and fathers, go everywhere happily wearing their horse suit.

Eric is a perfectly ordinary boy. Perfectly ordinary that is, until the night when, in fifteen seconds flat, he turns into a dog! Eric and his best friend are determined to sniff out the truth - what makes an ordinary boy go 'woof'?

Master Money the Millionaire (Happy Families)

Bertie Bun was born to be a baker. His mum is a baker. His dad is a baker. Even his grandparents were bakers. But Bertie has a big problem âe" heâe(tm)s bored of bread! He wants to be a butcherâe(tm)s boy, or a bus-driverâe(tm)s boy or even a balloonistâe(tm)s boy âe" and his wishes are going to land him in lots of trouble âe¦ Based on the classic âe~Happy Familiesâe(tm) 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. âe~The best thing to happen to beginner readers since Dr Seussâe(tm) Childrenâe(tm)s Rights Workshop.

Picture books are such good fun and so is making them--but who knew there were so many things that could go wrong? This is the story of a picture book doomed from the very start.

Zzz! The three skeletons enjoy a holiday on-board their little boat. But one night - Yo-ho-ho - the pirates come and put them out to sea on a tiny raft, launching them on an oceanful of new adventures.

First written as a poem, the little boy in the story has been brought to life perfectly by artist Sebastien Braun. This book takes us on a journey from childhood to fatherhood full of humour, warmth, friendship ...and football.

Once upon a time there was a bear, and a penguin, and the perfectest ever princess, a wolf, a troll, a dragon, and a... sausage. A sausage? Yes, a sausage! And they want to tell you their stories!

Josie Jump, the youngest child in a family of jockeys, is overjoyed when at last she gets her chance to ride in a big race. Suggested level: junior.

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.

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.

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

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.

"Wonderful...It is hard to imagine better first reading books." The Times Educational Supplement.

"Red Nose Readers are the very simplest first readers - and the funniest!"--Back cover

A fictitious survey of worms including worm disguises, worm health hazards with treatments like a collar to prevent tail-biting, a short history of the worm, and some amusing characters such as mountain rescue worms and worm circus performers.

As the characters wait to be fed, the reader participates by inserting cut-out food into different slots.

Verzamelboek: - "De grote zeerover-knalfuif" door Margaret Mahy - "De laatste vogel" door Paul van Loon - "Groeimiddel gezocht!" door Janet en Allan Ahlberg

Einmal, vor vielen Jahren, war da ein Baby in seinem Kinderwagen – am Strand. Nur einen kurzen Moment wird es aus den Augen gelassen, da beginnt ein großes Abenteuer: Der Kinderwagen segelt aufs Meer – zusammen mit den Lieblingsspielsachen der großen Schwester. Ein Sturm kommt auf – und legt sich wieder. Ein Pandabär geht über Bord – und wird gerettet. Ein riesiger Fisch bringt die Besatzung in Bedrängnis – und dennoch geht alles gut aus: Das Baby kommt zurück, sicher und geborgen. Ein rhythmischer Text, ungemein abwechslungsreiche Bilder und eine überaus spannende Geschichte lassen Kinder beim Zuhören den Atem anhalten. Und ganz sicher möchten sie dieses Buch wieder und wieder anschauen und vorgelesen bekommen.

Een jongen moet een wolf, een schaap en een krop sla in een stad afleveren, aan de overkant van de rivier. In een bootje kan hij maar één passagier meenemen. Hoe krijgt hij hen alle drie naar de overkant, zonder dat de wolf het schaap opeet of het schaap de krop sla verorbert?

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