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Janet Ahlberg

Born

in The United Kingdom

October 21, 1944

Died

November 13, 1994

Genre

Children's Books

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Janet Ahlberg (1944-1994) was a British children's book illustrator, and the co-creator, together with her husband Allan Ahlberg, of the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born as Janet Hall in Yorkshire in 1944, she studied at Sunderland Technical College, where she met Ahlberg. The two married in 1969, and began to work together, publishing their first co-venture - The Old Joke Book - in 1976. She won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association - an award recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - for Each Peach Pear Plum.

Janet Ahlberg died of breast cancer in 1994, at the age of fifty, having produced many beloved and bestselling books. Her daughter with Allan Ahlberg - Jessic ...more

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	Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 4.23 avg rating — 18,725 ratings — published 1978 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters by Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator), Allan Ahlberg 4.50 avg rating — 12,694 ratings — published 1986 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peek-a-Boo by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 4.24 avg rating — 5,205 ratings — published 1981 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funnybones by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 4.26 avg rating — 4,695 ratings — published 1980 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator), Allan Ahlberg 4.49 avg rating — 4,363 ratings — published 1991 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jolly Pocket Postman by Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator), Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlber 4.56 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Was a Dark and Stormy Night by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 3.84 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starting School by Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator), Allan Ahlberg 3.94 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ha Ha Bonk Book by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 4.27 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bye Bye Baby: a Sad Story with a Happy Ending by Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator), Allan Ahlberg 4.16 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1989 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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