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Starting School by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
$18.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Janet and Allan Ahlberg's classic, "Starting School". From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike. A classic picture book which offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts. Allan Ahlberg, a former teac ...Show more
The Baby's Catalogue by Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children general
Janet and Allan Ahlberg's classic picture book, "The Baby's Catalogue". The bestselling picture book "The Baby's Catalogue" by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of "Peepo!", is filled with easily recognizable objects - perfect for your baby or toddle ...Show more
The Bucket: Memories of an Inattentive Childhood by Allan Ahlberg
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The Bucket by Allan Ahlberg is the enthralling childhood story of one of Britain's best-loved children's authors. 'My mother, who was not my mother, I see her now, her raw red cleaner's hands twisting away at her apron as she struggled to speak. Adoption was a shameful business then in many people's eye ...Show more
The Cat Who Got Carried Away by Allan Ahlberg
$13.90 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
An award-winning and fast-paced family comedy. In this, the third grand and gripping Gaskitts story, Gus and Gloria have a lot of running to do, Mrs Gaskitt hardly ever gets out of bed and something dreadful happens to Horace. A new edition with black and white illustrations.
The Children Who Smelled A Rat by Allan Ahlberg
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
In this thrilling, thunderous (and extra-long) Gaskitt story, Mrs Gaskitt finds a parcel, Mr Gaskitt loses a baby, Horace has mixed feelings about a bird, and the twins' teacher, Mrs Fritter, is - ooer! - not herself. Why? How? When? Why? (again). The children smell a rat!
The Goldilocks Variations by Allan Ahlberg
$30.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Everyone knows what happened when Goldilocks met the three bears. But when she encounters a whopping 33 bears, a strange-talking Blim, or even three little pigs on her search for porridge, the stories end a bit differently.
The Jolly Pocket Postman by Allan Ahlberg
$37.95 NZD
Category: Children general | Series: Janet Ahlberg & Allan Ahlberg | Reading Level: 5+
The third adventure for the Jolly Postman, complete with envelopes and letters big and very small! Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks! This brilliant book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is the third adventure for the Jolly Postman, originally published in 1995 and now back in prin ...Show more
The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg
$35.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Hip hip hooray, "The Jolly Postman" is 20 years old! Still as exciting to children as the day it first published, this international award winner and its two successors have sold more than 6 million copies around the world. This gorgeous anniversary edition has a free letter set keepsake containing 10 s ...Show more
The Man Who Wore All His Clothes (The Gaskitt Stories #1) by Allan Ahlberg
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Gaskitts
The first of Allan Ahlberg's mini-masterpieces for early readers, with striking illustrations by Katharine McEwen. Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, this book is the first in a series of brilliantly funny early readers by Allan Ahlberg. One morning Mr Gaskitt puts on all his clothes, Mrs G ...Show more
The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
The creators of THE RUNAWAY DINNER and PREVIOUSLY team up to imagine the comical world that comes to life when a lonely pencil starts to draw. "One day that little pencil made a move, shivered slightly, quivered somewhat . . . and began to draw." Welcome back Banjo, the boy from THE RUNAWAY DINN ...Show more
The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult
Talk about fast food. A hilarious, high-speed tale from the inimitable Allan Ahlberg. Catch it if you can... What happens if someone's dinner decides that, well, it doesn't want to be eaten? For a hungry little boy named Banjo and a savory sausage named Melvin, it's a plight that can only result in a b ...Show more
The Shopping Expedition by Allan Ahlberg
$16.90 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
An imaginative story about a little girl, her mother, baby brother and dog going on a simple shopping trip. With Allan Ahlberg's lovely illustrations, accompanied by a simple story, their trip becomes a fanciful adventure.