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Books with author Janet Ahlber

  • The Jolly Pocket Postman

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlber

    Hardcover (Little Brown, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Everyone's favorite postman finds himself in Alice's Wonderland, knee-high to a Mad Hatter, but nothing can stop the Jolly Postman from completing his mail route as he travels through the Emerald City with Dorothy and other fairy-tale favorites.
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  • Cops and robbers

    Janet Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Heinemann, Jan. 1, 1978)
    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 Officer Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get away.
  • It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Feb. 1, 1994)
    After being kidnapped by outlaws, Antonio, an eight-year old boy is asked to tell them a story which he makes up as he goes along.
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  • Peepo!

    Janet Ahlberg

    Paperback (Puffin Books, April 7, 2011)
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  • Baby Sleeps

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Viking Children's Books, May 28, 1998)
    From the popular "The Baby's Catalogue", these four board books feature activities and surroundings in a baby's world. With babies' and toddlers' keen interest in other babies and object identification, "The Baby's Catalogue" board books are the perfect beginning books for the very youngest readers. In "Baby Sleeps", baby's daily activities are presented: baby wakes, drinks, thinks, bounces, and finally falls asleep. Full color.
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  • BABY'S BIG BOX OF LITTLE BOOKS SET OF 9 CHUNKY BOARD BOOKS

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Board book (Puffin, March 3, 2015)
    Mums and Dads, breakfasts and bedtimes, pets and toys and prams and swings - and lots and lots of other fascinating things! The Baby's Big Box of Little Books includes everything that is familiar to a young child. From Janet and Allan Ahlberg, the creators of Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman and adapted from their classic picture book, The Baby's Catalogue, this little collection is perfect for babies at any and all times of their busy day. Janet Ahlberg's iconic illustrations present a vast array of baby paraphernalia that should be instantly recognizable and absorbing to a young child. The liberal sprinkling of wit and charm will appeal to every adult too! Books in the box: Mornings, Night-times, Toys, Baby, Games, Family, Inside, Outside and Pets.
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  • Bye Bye, Baby: A Sad Story With a Happy Ending

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Little Brown & Co, Feb. 1, 1990)
    A baby with an aggressive nature who lives alone manages to acquire a mommy, a daddy, and several other acquaintances to live with him.
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  • The Little Worm Book

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Hardcover (HarperCollins Publishers, Oct. 4, 1979)
    The Little Worm Book
  • Bye Bye Baby: A Sad Story with a Happy Ending

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    eBook (Puffin, May 2, 2019)
    The story of a baby who is sad and sets off one day in search of a mummy. He meets a cat, a teddy, a clockwork hen and an uncle who all refuse to be his mummy but offer to help him in his search. They find a lady who has no baby and she agrees to bethe baby's mummy. They all have tea together and uncle reads a story about a baby who had no daddy and this leads to another search until finally a daddy is found too!
  • Jolly Christmas Postman

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Viking, Oct. 28, 2014)
    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.
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  • The Bear Nobody Wanted

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Feb. 1, 1993)
    Sewn in the factory with a slightly crooked eye and a tight mouth, a teddy bear finds himself treated like a doll by his purchaser's daughter, threatened by a bully, and carted off by the junk man.
  • Jolly Postman Or Other Peoples Letters

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Viking, Oct. 31, 2000)
    Once upon a bicycle, so they say The Jolly Postman came one day . . . Join the Jolly Postman on his rounds as he delivers cards and letters to various fairy-tale characters. He has a letter of apology for the three bears from Goldilocks, a postcard from Jack for the giant, a solicitor's letter on behalf of Little Red Riding-Hood for the wolf who ate grandma, and more! This classic and innovate story includes six envelopes with pull-out letters and cards
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