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Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994), née Janet Hall, and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books.

Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994), née Janet 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. They worked together for 20 years until Janet died of cancer in 1994. Allan wrote the books and Janet illustrated them. Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.

Allan Ahlberg is one of the most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books. Jessica Ahlberg was a great inspiration to her parents' work, and is the baby featured on the back cover of "Peepo!" with Janet and Allan.

Ahlberg, Allan; Ahlberg, Jessica, il. Esmeralda the pig is jointly owned by kindly Mrs. Harbottle and her nasty ex-husband Mr. Harbottle who wants to turn Esmeralda into sausages.

Ahlberg, Allan; Ahlberg, Jessica, ill. Publication date. Leaf 2,8,47 text cut off.

Allan Ahlberg cuts to the chase in this madcap tale illustrated by his daughter, Jessica Ahlberg, in her picture-book debut. The horrid Mr. Harbottle eats so many sausages he’s beginning to look like one. And now he even has designs on poor Esmerelda, a pig half-owned by the (former) Mrs. Harbottle. In the hands of Allan Ahlberg, this can only mean the chase is on! Featuring the bra Allan Ahlberg cuts to the chase in this madcap tale illustrated by his daughter, Jessica Ahlberg, in her picture-book debut.

Why worry about how to teach reading when Allan Ahlberg is creating books like Half a Pig? Throw out those primers and just look at what Ahlberg can offer in a stylishly produced picture-book format

Why worry about how to teach reading when Allan Ahlberg is creating books like Half a Pig? Throw out those primers and just look at what Ahlberg can offer in a stylishly produced picture-book format. Designed to make readers of any level feel confident, Ahlberg's story is told through his words and his daughter Jessica's illustrations, which are both simple enough in their soft line to delight those who start reading early and sophisticated enough not to seem simplistic

Her slight colored-pencil drawings dance spryly in and around the text blocks, using graphic devices like arrows, dashes, charts and word bubbles to amplify the action and make merry with the printed page. Allan Ahlberg's warm, inclusive and often ridiculous tone is intended to instill reader confidence without condescending. He even encourages children to write their own stories. Allan Ahlberg cuts to the chase in this madcap tale illustrated by his daughter, Jessica Ahlberg, in her picture-book debut. Harbottle eats so many sausages he's beginning to look like one. In the hands of Allan Ahlberg, this can only mean the chase is on!

Allan Ahlberg is one of the most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books. Jessica Ahlberg was a great inspiration to her parents' work, and is the baby featured on the back cover of Peepo! with Janet and Allan. Country of Publication. Pre-School & Picture Books.

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