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Janet and Allan Ahlberg

January 01, 1970

Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lists for public libraries.[1] They worked together for 20 years until Janet's death from cancer in 1994. He wrote the books and she illustrated them.[2] Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.[a]

Allan Ahlberg
Born (1938-06-05) 5 June 1938 (age 85)
Croydon, England
OccupationWriter
EducationSunderland Technical College
GenreChildren's books
Years active1976–present
Spouse
Janet Ahlberg
​
​
(m. 1969; died 1994)​

Vanessa Clarke
Allan Ahlberg's voice
from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
Janet Ahlberg
Born(1944-10-21)21 October 1944
Yorkshire, England
Died15 November 1994(1994-11-15) (aged 50)
OccupationWriter
Alma materSunderland Technical College
GenreChildren's books
Years active1976–1994
Notable awardstwo Kate Greenaway Medals
Spouse
Allan Ahlberg
​
(m. 1969)​

Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books[3][4] and the 1978 winner Each Peach Pear Plum was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005).[5] In the US it was published by Viking Press in 1979 as Each Peach Pear Plum: an "I Spy" story; the national library catalogue summary explains, "Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play 'I spy' with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters."[6][7]

Biography edit

Allan Ahlberg was born 5 June 1938 in Croydon.[8] An illegitimate child, he was adopted and brought up in Oldbury, in Sandwell in the West Midlands.[9] He has called it "a very poor working-class family" and identified himself as the baby in Peepo! (1981). He grew up with "no books and not much conversation".[2]

Janet Hall was born 21 October 1944 in Yorkshire[10] and brought up in Leicester.[9] The Ahlbergs both trained as teachers at Sunderland Technical College, where they met during the 1960s and married in 1969.[9]

Janet illustrated My Growing Up Book by Bernard Garfinkel (New York: Platt & Munk, 1972), which the US Library of Congress calls "A child's record of the things he has learned and done from the time of birth through age five. Also provides a place to paste photographs."[11]

Their joint work began when she asked him, a primary school teacher, to write a story.[2] The first three published Ahlberg collaborations appeared in 1976 and 1977, The Old Joke Book, The Vanishment of Thomas Tull, and Burglar Bill (1977).[9] Vanishment was bound in hardcover with a dust jacket, while many of their early works were "pictorial laminated boards".[1] For Each Peach Pear Plum (Kestrel), Janet won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.[3] For the 50th anniversary of the Medal, a 2007 panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.[5] Each Peach Pear Plum finished a close second to the 1977 medalist, Dogger by Shirley Hughes; the margin was 1% of the vote.[12]

Probably their greatest success was The Jolly Postman, published by Heinemann in 1986; Allan Ahlberg told The Guardian in 2006 that it had sold over six million copies. It made innovative use of envelopes to include letters, cards, games and a tiny book.[2] According to one WorldCat library record, "A Jolly Postman delivers letters to several famous fairy-tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella, and the Three Bears. Twelve of the pages have been made into six envelopes and contain eight letters and cards. Each letter may be removed from its envelope page and read separately." Its first-listed Library of Congress Subject Heading (US) is "Toy and movable books".[13]

The Jolly Postman required five years to make, and much discussion with Heinemann and the printer before it was issued in 1986. It won many awards including the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated writing and illustration.[9][14] There were two sequels, The Jolly Christmas Postman (1991), for which Janet won her second Greenaway Medal,[4] and The Jolly Pocket Postman (1995).

Working together, the Ahlbergs produced many popular books for a range of ages. Some, such as Peepo! and The Baby's Catalogue are aimed at babies and toddlers. For older children, they wrote books such as Burglar Bill, Cops and Robbers, Funnybones and the Happy Families series. Allan also wrote two books of verses, Heard it in the Playground and Please, Mrs Butler, which Janet illustrated, and more text-heavy books such as Woof!.[1][9]

Janet died of breast cancer in November 1994 at the age of 50, when their daughter Jessica was 15 years old. Allan Ahlberg says with regret that they "made an absolute fortune" but "never really had holidays".[2]

Allan later married his editor, Vanessa Clarke of Walker Books, his new publisher. As of 2017, he is the author of more than 150 published books, including two in 2004 illustrated by his daughter Jessica, who now creates picture books with other writers such as Toon Tellegen.[2][15] Father and daughter collaborated again, completing a movable picture book published late in 2012, The Goldilocks Variations (Walker), "a new twist in an old fairy tale".[16][17]

Allan Ahlberg is a supporter of West Bromwich Albion F.C., having grown up in the neighbouring town to West Bromwich.[18]

Recognition edit

Beside the two Greenaway Medals, Janet Ahlberg was a "Commended" runner up three times, for Burglar Bill (1977), The Baby's Catalogue (1982), and The Jolly Postman (1986).[19][b] According to Allan, their daughter Jessica inspired the latter two, and his own "Burglar Bill" book is autobiographical, The Boyhood of Burglar Bill (Puffin, 2007).[2] A football story set in war-ravaged England, Boyhood made the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist.[20]

Allan appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 November 2008.[21] He described their work together, her illness and death, and the creation of Janet's Last Book.[21]

From July to September 2011, Janet and Allan's work was celebrated at The Public arts centre in Sandwell (which encompasses Allan's hometown Oldbury). The exhibition included works by schoolchildren with local artists "in response to" Ahlberg stories.[22]

In July 2014, Allan Ahlberg declined the (inaugural) Booktrust Best Book Awards 'Lifetime Achievement Award' (which has a 5000 GBP prize attached). He cited ethical grounds related to the award's principal sponsor Amazon.com. In a letter to The Bookseller he stated that "Booktrust does good work and has a well-deserved reputation ... For my part, the idea that my "lifetime achievement"— i.e. the books (and all of Janet's work too)—should have the Amazon tag attached to it is unacceptable."[23][24]

Allan Ahlberg sits on the Council of the Society of Authors.[25]

Selected works edit

By Janet and Allan Ahlberg edit

Bookseller World mentions about 80 "UK First Editions Books" by Janet and Allan. Five series comprise more than 40 books, none published by Kestrel or Viking; 35 singletons include 8 published by Kestrel (a Viking imprint) from 1976 to 1983, and 12 published by Viking from 1984 to 1994.[1]

Written by Allan Ahlberg edit

Most of these books were illustrated by other people, except My Brother's Ghost.[a]

By Janet and Allan Ahlberg in French edit

  • Le livre de tous les écoliers

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b As of November 2012, the US national library catalogue (LCC record) shows 82 books created by Allan Ahlberg, published from 1976 to 2017 (forthcoming). They include multiple editions of some titles and do not include all titles in the selection listed here; for example, Janet's Last Book (1997) is missing. With one exception, all 82 listings specify either creators Janet and Allan Ahlberg or Allan Ahlberg and another illustrator; the exception is My Brother's Ghost (2001).
    • "My brother's ghost". LCC record. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  2. ^ Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway shortlist. According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years, including two in 1977, two 1982, and six 1986.
    • No one has won three Greenaway Medals. Among the fourteen illustrators with two Medals, Janet Ahlberg is one of seven with one book named to the top ten (1955–2005) and one of six with at least three commendations (1959–2002).
  3. ^ a b The LCC record lists a 32-page book, The baby's catalogue, published by Little, Brown in 1982. It lists four 12-page books published by Little, Brown in 1998; copyright 1982; "Edition: 1st American Board Book ed."; "Series: The baby's catalogue". For instance:
    • "Baby sleeps" (1998). LCC record. Retrieved 2012-11-14.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Janet and Allan Ahlberg Bibliography: U.K. First Editions". Bookseller World. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Interview: Allan Ahlberg". The Guardian 23 June 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b (Greenaway Winner 1978) 6 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b (Greenaway Winner 1991) 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b "70 Years Celebration: Anniversary Top Tens" 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. CILIP. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Each peach pear plum: an 'I spy' story" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC record). Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Each peach pear plum" (Penguin edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  8. ^ "Ahlberg, Allan". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Allan Ahlberg" 6 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Penguin Books Authors. Penguin UK. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
    • "Janet Ahlberg" at Puffin Books Authors comprises identical text with a footer "Bibliography" comprising links to Puffin Books editions of her books. Puffin Books is a Penguin imprint.
  10. ^ "Ahlberg, Janet". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  11. ^ "My growing up book" (U.S. edition). LCC Record. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Pullman wins 'Carnegie of Carnegies'". Michelle Pauli. The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  13. ^ "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (first U.S. edition). LCC record. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Kurt Maschler Awards". Book Awards. bizland.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  15. ^ a b c d "Ahlberg, Jessica". WorldCat. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  16. ^ a b "Interview: Allan and Jessica Ahlberg". Linda Morris. The Sydney Morning Herald 20 August 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  17. ^ a b "The Goldilocks variations" (U.S. edition). LCC record. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  18. ^ Adrian Chiles, We Don't Know What We're Doing: Adventures with the extraordinary fans of an ordinary team, Sphere, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84744-013-6.
  19. ^ "Kate Greenaway Medal" 16 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2007". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  21. ^ a b "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Allan Ahlberg". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  22. ^ "Allan Ahlberg exhibition at The Public, West Bromwich". Express & Star (expressandstar.com). 9 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  23. ^ "Booktrust and Amazon". thebookseller.com.
  24. ^ "Amazon-backed award turned down by Ahlberg". thebookseller.com.
  25. ^ . Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

Further reading edit

  • D. Martin, "Janet & Allan Ahlberg", in Douglas Martin, The Telling Line: Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators (Julia MacRae Books, 1989), pp. 264–78
  • Allan Ahlberg, Janet's Last Book: Janet Ahlberg 1944–1994: a Memento (Privately published, 1996; Penguin Books, November 1997, ISBN 978-0-14-026872-0)
  • Wendy Lynch, Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Oxford: Heinemann Library, 2000, ISBN 978-0-431-02311-3) — a 24-page biography, illustrated

External links edit

January 01, 1970
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Janet Ahlberg 21 October 1944 15 November 1994 nee Hall and Allan Ahlberg born 5 June 1938 were a British married couple who created many children s books including picture books that regularly appear at the top of most popular lists for public libraries 1 They worked together for 20 years until Janet s death from cancer in 1994 He wrote the books and she illustrated them 2 Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators a Allan AhlbergBorn 1938 06 05 5 June 1938 age 85 Croydon EnglandOccupationWriterEducationSunderland Technical CollegeGenreChildren s booksYears active1976 presentSpouseJanet Ahlberg m 1969 died 1994 wbr Vanessa ClarkeAllan Ahlberg s voice source source source from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs Janet AhlbergBorn 1944 10 21 21 October 1944Yorkshire EnglandDied15 November 1994 1994 11 15 aged 50 OccupationWriterAlma materSunderland Technical CollegeGenreChildren s booksYears active1976 1994Notable awardstwo Kate Greenaway MedalsSpouseAllan Ahlberg m 1969 wbr Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books 3 4 and the 1978 winner Each Peach Pear Plum was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal 1955 2005 5 In the US it was published by Viking Press in 1979 as Each Peach Pear Plum an I Spy story the national library catalogue summary explains Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play I spy with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters 6 7 Contents 1 Biography 2 Recognition 3 Selected works 3 1 By Janet and Allan Ahlberg 3 2 Written by Allan Ahlberg 3 3 By Janet and Allan Ahlberg in French 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksBiography editAllan Ahlberg was born 5 June 1938 in Croydon 8 An illegitimate child he was adopted and brought up in Oldbury in Sandwell in the West Midlands 9 He has called it a very poor working class family and identified himself as the baby in Peepo 1981 He grew up with no books and not much conversation 2 Janet Hall was born 21 October 1944 in Yorkshire 10 and brought up in Leicester 9 The Ahlbergs both trained as teachers at Sunderland Technical College where they met during the 1960s and married in 1969 9 Janet illustrated My Growing Up Book by Bernard Garfinkel New York Platt amp Munk 1972 which the US Library of Congress calls A child s record of the things he has learned and done from the time of birth through age five Also provides a place to paste photographs 11 Their joint work began when she asked him a primary school teacher to write a story 2 The first three published Ahlberg collaborations appeared in 1976 and 1977 The Old Joke Book The Vanishment of Thomas Tull and Burglar Bill 1977 9 Vanishment was bound in hardcover with a dust jacket while many of their early works were pictorial laminated boards 1 For Each Peach Pear Plum Kestrel Janet won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association recognising the year s best children s book illustration by a British subject 3 For the 50th anniversary of the Medal a 2007 panel named it one of the top ten winning works which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation s favourite 5 Each Peach Pear Plum finished a close second to the 1977 medalist Dogger by Shirley Hughes the margin was 1 of the vote 12 Probably their greatest success was The Jolly Postman published by Heinemann in 1986 Allan Ahlberg told The Guardian in 2006 that it had sold over six million copies It made innovative use of envelopes to include letters cards games and a tiny book 2 According to one WorldCat library record A Jolly Postman delivers letters to several famous fairy tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf Cinderella and the Three Bears Twelve of the pages have been made into six envelopes and contain eight letters and cards Each letter may be removed from its envelope page and read separately Its first listed Library of Congress Subject Heading US is Toy and movable books 13 The Jolly Postman required five years to make and much discussion with Heinemann and the printer before it was issued in 1986 It won many awards including the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated writing and illustration 9 14 There were two sequels The Jolly Christmas Postman 1991 for which Janet won her second Greenaway Medal 4 and The Jolly Pocket Postman 1995 Working together the Ahlbergs produced many popular books for a range of ages Some such as Peepo and The Baby s Catalogue are aimed at babies and toddlers For older children they wrote books such as Burglar Bill Cops and Robbers Funnybones and the Happy Families series Allan also wrote two books of verses Heard it in the Playground and Please Mrs Butler which Janet illustrated and more text heavy books such as Woof 1 9 Janet died of breast cancer in November 1994 at the age of 50 when their daughter Jessica was 15 years old Allan Ahlberg says with regret that they made an absolute fortune but never really had holidays 2 Allan later married his editor Vanessa Clarke of Walker Books his new publisher As of 2017 he is the author of more than 150 published books including two in 2004 illustrated by his daughter Jessica who now creates picture books with other writers such as Toon Tellegen 2 15 Father and daughter collaborated again completing a movable picture book published late in 2012 The Goldilocks Variations Walker a new twist in an old fairy tale 16 17 Allan Ahlberg is a supporter of West Bromwich Albion F C having grown up in the neighbouring town to West Bromwich 18 Recognition editBeside the two Greenaway Medals Janet Ahlberg was a Commended runner up three times for Burglar Bill 1977 The Baby s Catalogue 1982 and The Jolly Postman 1986 19 b According to Allan their daughter Jessica inspired the latter two and his own Burglar Bill book is autobiographical The Boyhood of Burglar Bill Puffin 2007 2 A football story set in war ravaged England Boyhood made the Guardian Children s Fiction Prize shortlist 20 Allan appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 14 November 2008 21 He described their work together her illness and death and the creation of Janet s Last Book 21 From July to September 2011 Janet and Allan s work was celebrated at The Public arts centre in Sandwell which encompasses Allan s hometown Oldbury The exhibition included works by schoolchildren with local artists in response to Ahlberg stories 22 In July 2014 Allan Ahlberg declined the inaugural Booktrust Best Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Award which has a 5000 GBP prize attached He cited ethical grounds related to the award s principal sponsor Amazon com In a letter to The Bookseller he stated that Booktrust does good work and has a well deserved reputation For my part the idea that my lifetime achievement i e the books and all of Janet s work too should have the Amazon tag attached to it is unacceptable 23 24 Allan Ahlberg sits on the Council of the Society of Authors 25 Selected works editBy Janet and Allan Ahlberg edit Bookseller World mentions about 80 UK First Editions Books by Janet and Allan Five series comprise more than 40 books none published by Kestrel or Viking 35 singletons include 8 published by Kestrel a Viking imprint from 1976 to 1983 and 12 published by Viking from 1984 to 1994 1 Brick Street Boys Collins 1975 five volumes 1 The Old Joke Book Kestrel 1976 board book Burglar Bill Heinemann 1977 board book Jeremiah in the Dark Woods Kestrel 1977 board book The Vanishment of Thomas Tull Black 1977 with dust jacket 1 Cops and Robbers Heinemann 1978 Each Peach Pear Plum Kestrel 1978 The One and Only Two Heads Collins 1979 Son of a Gun Heinemann 1979 The Little Worm Book Granada 1979 Two Wheels Two Heads Collins 1979 Funnybones Heinemann 1980 A Pair of Sinners Granada 1980 Happy Families Puffin 1980 Peepo also released as Peek A Boo in a US version Kestrel 1981 The Ha Ha Bonk Book Kestrel 1982 Help Your Child to Read Granada 1982 The Baby s Catalogue Kestrel 1982 c Ditto Frieze 1982 Ten in a Bed Granada 1983 Please Mrs Butler Kestrel 1983 Daisy Chains Heinemann 1983 Yum Yum Viking 1984 Playmates Viking 1984 Foldaways Viking 1984 Red Nose Readers Walker 1985 Woof Viking 1986 The Cinderella Show Viking 1986 The Jolly Postman Heinemann 1986 The Clothes Horse and Other Stories Viking 1987 The Mighty Slide Viking 1988 Starting School Viking 1988 Heard it in the Playground Viking 1989 Bye Bye Baby Heinemann 1989 Funny Bones Early Readers Heinemann 1990 The Jolly Christmas Postman Heinemann 1991 The Bear Nobody Wanted Viking 1992 Mrs Butler Songbook Viking 1992 It was a dark and stormy night Viking 1993 The Giant Baby Viking 1994 The Jolly Pocket Postman 1995 The Baby s Catalogue series American Board Book editions copyright 1982 c Baby Sleeps 1998 Blue Buggy 1998 Doll and Teddy 1998 See the Rabbit 1998 Written by Allan Ahlberg edit Most of these books were illustrated by other people except My Brother s Ghost a Mr Cosmo the Conjurer 1980 Please Mrs Butler 1983 Woof 1986 The Cinderella Show 1986 Heard it in the Playground 1989 The Giant Baby 1994 The Better Brown Stories 1995 The Night Train 1996 Janet s Last Book 1997 The Snail House 2000 Friendly Matches 2001 My Brother s Ghost 2001 The Man Who Wore All His Clothes 2001 The Adventures of Bert 2001 illustrated by Raymond Briggs The Woman who Won Things 2002 The Improbable Cat 2002 A Bit More Bert 2002 illustrated by Raymond Briggs Half a Pig 2004 illustrated by Jessica Ahlberg 15 The Boy the Wolf the Sheep and the Lettuce A Little Search for Truth 2004 illus Jessica Ahlberg 15 The Runaway Dinner 2006 The Boyhood of Burglar Bill 2007 autobiographical 2 post war football story 20 Previously 2007 The Pencil 2008 The Baby in the Hat 2008 Everybody Was a Baby Once and Other Poems 2010 Goldilocks Variations 2012 illus Jessica Ahlberg 15 16 17 Hooray for Bread 2014 By Janet and Allan Ahlberg in French edit Le livre de tous les ecoliersSee also editPortals nbsp Children s literature nbsp Visual arts Movable book Toy bookNotes edit a b As of November 2012 the US national library catalogue LCC record shows 82 books created by Allan Ahlberg published from 1976 to 2017 forthcoming They include multiple editions of some titles and do not include all titles in the selection listed here for example Janet s Last Book 1997 is missing With one exception all 82 listings specify either creators Janet and Allan Ahlberg or Allan Ahlberg and another illustrator the exception is My Brother s Ghost 2001 My brother s ghost LCC record Retrieved 2012 11 14 Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway shortlist According to CCSU some runners up through 2002 were Commended from 1959 or Highly Commended from 1974 There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years including two in 1977 two 1982 and six 1986 No one has won three Greenaway Medals Among the fourteen illustrators with two Medals Janet Ahlberg is one of seven with one book named to the top ten 1955 2005 and one of six with at least three commendations 1959 2002 a b The LCC record lists a 32 page book The baby s catalogue published by Little Brown in 1982 It lists four 12 page books published by Little Brown in 1998 copyright 1982 Edition 1st American Board Book ed Series The baby s catalogue For instance Baby sleeps 1998 LCC record Retrieved 2012 11 14 References edit a b c d e f Janet and Allan Ahlberg Bibliography U K First Editions Bookseller World Retrieved 30 June 2012 a b c d e f g h Interview Allan Ahlberg The Guardian 23 June 2006 Retrieved 30 June 2012 a b Greenaway Winner 1978 Archived 6 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine Living Archive Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners CILIP Retrieved 16 July 2012 a b Greenaway Winner 1991 Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine Living Archive Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners CILIP Retrieved 16 July 2012 a b 70 Years Celebration Anniversary Top Tens Archived 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine The CILIP Carnegie amp Kate Greenaway Children s Book Awards CILIP Retrieved 30 June 2012 Each peach pear plum an I spy story first U S edition Library of Congress Catalog Record LCC record Retrieved 31 August 2012 Each peach pear plum Penguin edition WorldCat Retrieved 2012 08 31 Ahlberg Allan Library of Congress Authorities Retrieved 8 July 2013 a b c d e f Allan Ahlberg Archived 6 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine Penguin Books Authors Penguin UK Retrieved 2012 11 14 Janet Ahlberg at Puffin Books Authors comprises identical text with a footer Bibliography comprising links to Puffin Books editions of her books Puffin Books is a Penguin imprint Ahlberg Janet Library of Congress Authorities Retrieved 8 July 2013 My growing up book U S edition LCC Record Retrieved 26 June 2012 Pullman wins Carnegie of Carnegies Michelle Pauli The Guardian Retrieved 14 November 2012 The jolly postman or Other people s letters first U S edition LCC record Retrieved 14 November 2012 Kurt Maschler Awards Book Awards bizland com Retrieved 16 July 2012 a b c d Ahlberg Jessica WorldCat Retrieved 14 November 2012 a b Interview Allan and Jessica Ahlberg Linda Morris The Sydney Morning Herald 20 August 2011 Retrieved 14 November 2012 a b The Goldilocks variations U S edition LCC record Retrieved 14 November 2012 Adrian Chiles We Don t Know What We re Doing Adventures with the extraordinary fans of an ordinary team Sphere 2007 ISBN 978 1 84744 013 6 Kate Greenaway Medal Archived 16 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine 2007 Curriculum Lab Elihu Burritt Library Central Connecticut State University Retrieved 26 June 2012 a b Guardian Children s Fiction Prize 2007 The Guardian Retrieved 8 July 2012 a b Desert Island Discs Castaway Allan Ahlberg BBC Online BBC Retrieved 18 August 2014 Allan Ahlberg exhibition at The Public West Bromwich Express amp Star expressandstar com 9 July 2011 Retrieved 8 July 2013 Booktrust and Amazon thebookseller com Amazon backed award turned down by Ahlberg thebookseller com Council Society of Authors Protecting the rights and furthering the interests of authors Archived from the original on 19 October 2015 Retrieved 25 September 2015 Further reading editD Martin Janet amp Allan Ahlberg in Douglas Martin The Telling Line Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators Julia MacRae Books 1989 pp 264 78 Allan Ahlberg Janet s Last Book Janet Ahlberg 1944 1994 a Memento Privately published 1996 Penguin Books November 1997 ISBN 978 0 14 026872 0 Wendy Lynch Janet and Allan Ahlberg Oxford Heinemann Library 2000 ISBN 978 0 431 02311 3 a 24 page biography illustratedExternal links editAllan Ahlberg at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Allan Ahlberg at Library of Congress with 82 library catalogue records Jessica Ahlberg at LC Authorities 3 records Allan Janet and Jessica Ahlberg in libraries WorldCat catalogue Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janet and Allan Ahlberg amp oldid 1219102517, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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