Allan Ahlberg

Allan Ahlberg

Allan Ahlberg was born in Croydon, London, England on January 1st, 1938 and passed away at the age of 87 on July 31st, 2025.

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Allan Ahlberg Stats: The most read book by Allan Ahlberg on Book Notification is The Jolly Christmas Postman, the first novel in The Jolly Postman series. The second most read book is The Improbable Cat, a Children's Book novel.

Below is a complete list of Allan Ahlberg books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Allan Ahlberg is the Allan Ahlberg Children's Books.

List of The Gaskitts Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Man Who Wore All His Clothes
2001
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2
8
The Woman Who Won Things
2002
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3
9
The Cat Who Got Carried Away
2003
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4
8
The Children Who Smelled A Rat
2005
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List of Happy Families Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Mr Cosmo the Conjuror
1980
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2
9
Master Salt the Sailors' Son
1980
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3
9
Mrs Plug the Plumber
1980
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4
7
Mr Buzz the Beeman
1981
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5
7
Miss Brick The Builders Baby
1981
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6
7
Mrs. Lather's Laundry
1981
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7
9
Mr And Mrs Hay The Horse
1981
Go
8
9
Mr Tick The Teacher
1981
Go
9
8
Miss Jump The Jockey
1983
Go
10
8
Miss Dose the Doctors' Daughter
1988
Go
11
8
Master Bun the Baker's Boy
1988
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12
8
Mr Creep the Crook
1988
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13
7
Mrs Vole The Vet
1996
Go
14
8
Miss Dirt The Dustmans Daughter
1996
Go
15
7
Ms Cliff the Climber
1997
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16
8
Master Track's Train
1997
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17
7
Master Money the Millionaire
2003
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18
8
Mrs Jollys Joke Shop
2005
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List of Poetry Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Collected Poems (With: Charlotte Voake)
2008
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2
9
Everybody Was a Baby Once: and Other Poems (With: Bruce Ingman)
2010
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Old Joke Book (With: Janet Ahlberg)
1976
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2
The Clothes Horse and Other Stories (With: Janet Ahlberg)
1988
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods
1977
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2
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull
1977
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3
Burglar Bill
1977
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4
Cops and Robbers
1978
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5
The Worm Book
1979
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6
Mr Biff the Boxer
1980
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7
Mrs Wobble the Waitress
1980
Go
8
Peek-a-Boo
1981
Go
9
The Ha Ha Bonk Book
1982
Go
10
8
Fast Frog
1982
Go
11
8
Double Ducks
1982
Go
12
9
Bad Bear
1982
Go
13
9
Poorly Pig
1982
Go
14
7
Silly Sheep
1982
Go
15
7
Rubber Rabbit
1982
Go
16
8
Please Mrs. Butler
1983
Go
17
8
Mr. Wolf
1983
Go
18
9
Travelling Moose
1983
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19
7
Spider Spy
1983
Go
20
7
Hip-Hippo-Ray
1983
Go
21
7
Tell-Tale Tiger
1983
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22
8
King Kangaroo
1983
Go
23
8
Susanville - Champion
1984
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24
Playmates
1984
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25
7
Big Bad Pig
1985
Go
26
9
Happy Worm
1985
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27
8
HELP!
1985
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28
7
Make a Face
1985
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29
8
Woof!
1986
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30
9
Crash! Bang! Wallop!
1986
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31
9
Shirley's Shops
1986
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32
7
Push the Dog
1986
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33
7
Blow Me Down!
1986
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34
9
Jumping
1987
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35
7
So Can I
1987
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36
The Cinderella Show
1987
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37
Sam The Referee
1987
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38
9
Place to Play
1987
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39
9
Tell us a story
1987
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40
Starting School
1988
Go
41
8
The Mighty Slide
1988
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42
Son of a Gun
1989
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43
7
Ten in a Bed
1989
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44
9
Heard it in the Playground
1989
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45
Bye Bye Baby
1989
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46
8
Look Out for the Seals!
1990
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47
9
Me and My Friend
1990
Go
48
7
The Mrs. Butler Songbook
1992
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49
The Bear Nobody Wanted
1993
Go
50
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
1994
Go
51
7
The Giant Baby
1995
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52
9
Put on a Show
1995
Go
53
7
Who Stole the Pie?
1995
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54
8
The Night Train
1996
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55
7
Janet's Last Book by Allan Ahlberg
1996
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56
8
Better Brown Stories
1996
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57
7
The Mysteries of Zigomar
1997
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58
7
Janet's Last Book
1997
Go
59
7
Mockingbird
1998
Go
60
Blue Buggy
1998
Go
61
Doll and Teddy
1998
Go
62
7
Baby Sleeps
1998
Go
63
See the Rabbit
1999
Go
64
7
Monkey Do!
1999
Go
65
7
Fast Fox Goes Crazy
1999
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66
8
Slow Dog Falling
1999
Go
67
8
Chicken, Chips and Peas
1999
Go
68
7
The Bravest Ever Bear
1999
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69
8
Slow Dog's Nose
2000
Go
70
8
The Snail House
2000
Go
71
7
Grandma Fox
2000
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72
7
The Adventures of Bert
2001
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73
7
My Brother's Ghost
2001
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74
7
The Mother Hen Mysteries
2001
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75
7
Friendly Matches
2001
Go
76
8
Chickens in the Snow
2001
Go
77
9
Treasure Hunt
2002
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78
8
A Bit More Bert
2002
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79
8
The Improbable Cat
2003
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80
8
The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep and the Lettuce
2004
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81
8
The Little Cat Baby
2004
Go
82
8
Half a Pig
2004
Go
83
8
The Runaway Dinner
2006
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84
9
The Shopping Expedition
2007
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85
9
Previously
2007
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86
8
The Pencil
2008
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87
8
The Baby in the Hat
2008
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88
8
Hooray for Bread
2013
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89
8
The Bucket
2013
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90
9
Kicking a Ball
2014
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91
7
The Elephant in the Room
2015
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92
9
Alison Hubble
2016
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93
7
My Worst Book Ever
2018
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94
9
Baby on Board
2018
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95
9
Under the Table
2024
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List of Funnybones Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Funnybones (With: Janet Ahlberg)
1980
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2
7
The Pet Shop
1990
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3
8
The Black Cat
1990
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4
7
Mystery Tour
1990
Go
5
9
Skeleton Crew
1992
Go
6
8
The Ghost Train
1992
Go
7
7
Bumps in the Night
1994
Go
8
Shine a Light: A Funnybones Torch Book (With: Janet Ahlberg)
1998
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9
8
Give the Dog a Bone
2005
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10
8
Dinosaur Dreams
2018
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List of Puffin Poetry Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here (By: Michael Rosen)
1983
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2
Poets in hand (By: John Fuller, Elizabeth Jennings, Anne Harvey, Vernon Scannell, Charles Causley)
1985
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3
Penguin Portable Poets ( By: Brian Patten)
1990
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4
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You! (By: Michael Rosen)
1996
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5
Funky Chickens (By: Benjamin Zephaniah)
1996
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6
Michael Rosen's Book of Very Silly Poems (By: Michael Rosen)
1996
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7
Wicked World! (By: Benjamin Zephaniah)
2000
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8
Juggling with Gerbils (By: Brian Patten)
2000
Go
9
Centrally Heated Knickers (By: Michael Rosen)
2000
Go
10
7
Friendly Matches
2001
Go
11
The Day Our Teacher Went Batty (By: Gervase Phinn)
2002
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12
The Bee's Knees (By: Roger McGough)
2003
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13
The Monsters' Guide to Choosing a Pet (By: Roger McGough, Brian Patten)
2004
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14
Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things (By: Michael Rosen)
2010
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15
Poetry Pie (By: Roger McGough)
2015
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List of Read and Share Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Have You Seen the Crocodile? (By: Colin West)
1986
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2
8
One, Two, Flea!
1986
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3
The Train Ride (By: June Crebbin)
1995
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4
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (By: Jane Chapman)
1998
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List of The Jolly Postman Books in Publication Order (with Janet Ahlberg)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9.3
The Jolly Christmas Postman (With: Janet Ahlberg)
1991
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2
10
The Jolly Pocket Postman (With: Janet Ahlberg)
1995
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
2008
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List of Allan Ahlberg Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Puffin Book of Five-Minute Stories
1998
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2
The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories: Big Dreams for Every Child
2023
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Allan Ahlberg

Allan Ahlberg was born on January 1st, 1938. Allan passed away July 31st, 2025 at 87 years old. Allan Ahlberg was born in Croydon, London, England. Ahlberg attended Sunderland Technical College.

Allan Ahlberg was the author of the Allan Ahlberg Children's Books series which consists of 95 novels. The Allan Ahlberg Children's Books series started in 1977 with the novel Jeremiah in the Dark Woods. The most recently released novel in the Allan Ahlberg Children's Books series was Under the Table which was released in 2024. There are no upcoming novels for the Allan Ahlberg Children's Books series.

Allan Ahlberg also wrote the Happy Families series which has 18 books including Mr Cosmo the Conjuror and Master Salt the Sailors' Son.

Allan Ahlberg: Awards & Accolades

Allan Ahlberg won the British Book Awards, The Children's Author of the Year, in 1995.

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Allan Ahlberg are:

  1. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  2. Charles Dickens, author of the book: A Christmas Carol.
  3. Carl Hiaasen, author of the Andrew Yancy Series.
  4. Dean Koontz, author of the Odd Thomas Series.
  5. Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher Series.

Allan Ahlberg: F.A.Q

When was Allan Ahlberg Born?

Allan Ahlberg was born on January 1st, 1938.

When did Allan Ahlberg die?

Allan Ahlberg died on July 31st, 2025 at 87 years old.

Where was Allan Ahlberg Born?

Allan Ahlberg was born in Croydon, London, England.

What awards has Allan Ahlberg won?

Allan Ahlberg has won the following awards: The Children's Author of the Year at the British Book Awards (1995).

What was the first book Allan Ahlberg wrote?

The first book written by Allan Ahlberg was The Old Joke Book, published in 1976.

What was the most recent book Allan Ahlberg wrote?

His most recently released work was Under the Table (a short story) on July 2nd, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Allan Ahlberg?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Allan Ahlberg book is The Jolly Christmas Postman. Here are his most popular books:
  1. The Jolly Christmas Postman (9.33)
  2. The Improbable Cat (8)
  3. Mockingbird (7)
  4. The Jolly Pocket Postman (10)
  5. Please Mrs. Butler (8)

How many books has Allan Ahlberg written?

Allan Ahlberg has written 115 books across 13 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 4 books in The Gaskitts Series
  • 18 books in the Happy Families Series
  • 2 Poetry Collections
  • 2 Short Story Collections
  • 75 Children's Books
  • 10 books in the Funnybones Series
  • 1 book in the Puffin Poetry Series
  • 1 book in the Read and Share Series
  • 2 books in The Jolly Postman Series
  • 1 Non-Fiction Books

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