Children’s author Allan Ahlberg dies aged 87

Writer of over 150 books, including Funnybones and The Jolly Postman has died, his publisher Random House confirm

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Writer of over 150 books, including Funnybones and The Jolly Postman has died, his publisher Random House confirm

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In a career which spanned more than five decades, Mr Ahlberg published 150 books that included Funny Bones and award-winning Each…

dailymail.co.uk9 mesi fa

Working first with his wife Jane, and later with illustrators including Raymond Briggs and Bruce Ingman, he wrote more than 150…

theguardian.com9 mesi fa

His childhood was one of ‘no books and not much conversation’ and his school report said: ‘Allan is most inattentive and dreamy…

telegraph.co.uk9 mesi fa

Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet

theguardian.com9 mesi fa

A godsend to teachers winning children over to books, they have also provided precious shared family fun and ‘jolts of warmth and…

theguardian.com9 mesi fa

Over five decades, he produced some 150 books, many of them illustrated by his wife, Janet Ahlberg, including classics like “Each…

nytimes.com9 mesi fa