Male : Children's writer. Many of his books illustrated by his wife Janet, whom he married in 1969

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Croydon, Surrey

Date of Birth : 1938

Education : Sunderland Teaching Training College

All illus by Janet Ahlberg unless stated
Brick Street Boys (1975-6 Collins) - 5 vols
Here are the Brick Street Boys
A Place to Play
Sam the Referee
Fred's Dream
The Great Marathon Football Match
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The Old Joke Book (1976 Kestrel) - boards
Burglar Bill (1977 Heinemann) - boards
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods (1977 Kestrel) - boards
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull (1977 A & C Black) (1977 Scribner)
Cops and Robbers (1978 Heinemann)
Each Peach Pear Plum (1978 Kestrel)
The One and Only Two heads (1979 Collins)
Sons of a Gun (1979 Heinemann)
The Little Worm Book (1979 Granada)
Two Wheels, Two Heads (1979 Collins)
Funnybones (1980 Heinemann)
A Pair of Sinners (1980 Granada) - John Lawrence
'Happy Families'
Mr Biff the Boxer (1980 Kestrel)
Mrs Plug the Plumber (1980 Kestrel) - Joe Wright
Mrs Wobble the Waitress (1980 Kestrel)
Master Salt the Sailor's Son (1980 Kestrel) - Andre Amstutz
Miss Jump the Jockey (1980 Kestrel) - Andre Amstutz
Mr Cosmo the Conjurer (1980 Kestrel) - Joe Wright
Miss Brick the Builder's Baby (1981 Penguin) - Colin McNaughton
Mr Buzz the Beeman (1981 Penguin) - Faith Jaques
Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse (1981 Penguin) - Colin McNaughton
Mrs Lather's Laundry (1981 Penguin) - Andre Amstutz
Master Money the Millionaire (1981 Penguin) - Andre Amstutz]
Mr Tick the Teacher (1981 Penguin) - Faith Jaques
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Peepo! (1981 Kestrel) (Peek-a-boo! 1981 Viking US)
The Ha Ha Bonk Book (1982 Kestrel)
Help Your Child to Read (1982-3 Granada - 6 books) - Janet Ahlberg or Eric Hill / Andre Amstutz
The Baby's Catalogue (1982 Kestrel)
The Baby's Catalogue Frieze (1982 Kestrel)
Ten in a Bed (1983 Granada) - Andre Amstutz
Please, Mrs Butler (1983 Kestrel) - Fritz Wegner
Daisychains (1983-5 Heinemann) - 9 books
Yum Yum (1984 Viking)
Playmates (1984 Viking)
Foldaways - 4 titles (1984 Dragon) - Colin McNaughton
The One True Santa (1985 Heinemann)
Red Nose Readers (1985 Walker) - 4 books Colin McNaughton
Woof! (1986 Viking) - Fritz Wegner
Yellow Nose Readers (1985 Walker) - 4 books - Colin McNaughton
The Cinderella Show (1986 Viking)
Blue Nose readers (1986 Walker) - 4 books - Colin McNaughton
The Jolly Postman (1986 Heinemann) - [KURT MASCHLER AWARD]
The Clothes Horse & Other Stories (1987 Viking Kestrel)
The Mighty Slide (1988 Viking) - Charlotte Voake
Starting School (1988 Viking)
Miss Dose the Doctor's Daughter (1988) - Faith Jacques
Heard it in the Playground (1989 Viking) - Fritz Wegner
Bye Bye Baby (1989 Heinemann)
The Jolly Christmas Postman (1991 Heinemann)
The Bear Nobody Wanted (1992 Viking)
Mrs Butler Songbook (1992 Viking) - Fritz Wegner
Funnybones Early Readers' (1990-3 Heinemann) - 8 titles Andre Amstutuz
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (1993 Viking)
The Giant Baby (1994 Viking) - Fritz Wegner
The Jolly Pocket Postman (1995 Heinemann £10.99) - Janet Ahleberg's last book as illustrator
Janet's Last Book : Janet Ahlberg 1944-94 - A Memento (1996 PP by A Ahlberg)
(1997 Penguin £9.99)
The Man Who Wore All his Clothes (2001 Walker £9.99) - Katharine McEwen