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Janet and Allan Ahlberg
British wife-and-husband children's book author duo as illustrator and writer
Allan Ahlberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | () 5 June (age&#;86) Croydon, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Sunderland Technical College |
| Genre | Children's books |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouse | Janet Ahlberg &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;Vanessa Clarke |
Janet Ahlberg | |
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| Born | ()21 October Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 15 November () (aged&#;50) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma&#;mater | Sunderland Technical College |
| Genre | Children's books |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Notable awards | Kate Greenaway Medal (, ) |
| Spouse | Allan Ahlberg &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
Janet Ahlberg (21 October – 15 November ; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June ) 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 He wrote the books and she illustrated them.[2] Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.[a]
Allan Ahlberg
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Allan Ahlberg is one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born in Croydon in , he was educated at Sunderland Technical College. Although he dreamed of becoming a writer since the age of twelve, his rutt 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 author JaAllan Ahlberg fryst vatten one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born in Croydon in , he was educated at Sunderland Technical College. Although he dreamed of becoming a writer since the age of twelve, his route to tha
Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg is best known for his school poems. There are poems about lost scissors, the class hamster, making friends and falling out, the excitement of a stray dog in playground – and the infamous Derek Drew! He captures the noisy playground moments as well as the quiet -thinking-in-the-corner moments. He notices the small, absurd things that go on all the time in every school.
Allan is perfectly tuned in to the language of the classroom, the playground and the kitchen table. His first book of school poems was published over thirty years ago, but you will almost certainly recognise some of the things that the children, teachers and parents say. (So will your teachers, we’re willing to bet!) In ‘Please Mrs Butler’, you can hear him speak with voice of the teacher and the child. Both sound more and more desperate.
Allan often uses traditional verse forms like the ballad. Many of his poems have a very strong rhythm, and some sound like playground rhymes and chants. Some are actually written to be sung to a traditional tune. You can sing ’What shall we do with a grumpy teacher?’ to the tune of ‘What shall we do with a drunken sailor?’!
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