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Allan Ahlberg


Born
in Croydon, The United Kingdom
June 05, 1938

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Genre
Children's Books


Allan Ahlberg is one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-sellingJolly Postmanseries. 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 authorJa ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 61,689 ratings · 3,987 reviews ·348 distinct works •Similar authors
Burglar Bill
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4.22 avg rating — 3,951 ratings — published 1977 — 17 editions
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Please Mrs. Butler
4.28 avg rating — 1,485 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions
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The Pencil
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3.99 avg rating — 1,184 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
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The Baby's Catalogue
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3.89 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 1982 — 33 editions
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Cops and Robbers
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4.33 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1978 — 16 editions
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The Runaway Dinner
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3.79 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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Previously
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3.58 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Woof!
3.78 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1986 — 20 editions
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Heard it in the Playground
4.07 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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Hooray for Bread
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3.44 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions
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Series by Allan Ahlberg

The Pet Shop The Black Cat Mystery Tour Dinosaur Dreams Bumps in the Night
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4.18 avg rating — 5,328 ratings

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3.82 avg rating — 1,390 ratings

The Man Who Wore All His Cl... The Woman Who Won Things The Cat Who Got Carried Away The Children Who Smelled A Rat
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3.86 avg rating — 733 ratings

The Adventures of Bert A Bit More Bert
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3.27 avg rating — 223 ratings

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