Most Popular Books by Janet Ahlberg

Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.

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.

Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks! The Jolly Postman is setting off on his third adventure. . . but nothing goes quite to plan when he suffers a bump to the head, and shrinks to the size of a postage stamp! And from then it just gets curiouser and curiouser. . . Featuring a whole host of familiar characters and of course, beautiful pull-out letters and a magnifying glass, The Jolly Pocket Postman is the third story in the bestselling and award-winning series by Janet and Alan Ahlberg.

From the popular The Baby''s Catalogue, these four board books feature activities and surroundings in a baby''s world. With babies'' and toddlers'' keen interest in other babies and object identification, The Baby''s Catalogue board books are the perfect beginning books for the very youngest readers. In Baby Sleeps, baby''s daily activities are presented: baby wakes, drinks, thinks, bounces, and finally falls asleep. Full color.

Burglar Bill decides to change his way after he becomes a victim of burglary.

Laughter guaranteed with The Ha Ha Bonk Book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - jam-packed with brilliant jokes to tell your dad, your mum, your baby brother, your teacher and anybody else you can think of, such as: What goes ha ha bonk? A man laughing his head off. and What goes 99 bonk? A centipede with a wooden leg and What goes putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt, putt? A bad golfer and lots more besides! This is an all-time classic favourite joke book for all the family to enjoy. Allan Ahlberg - a former teacher, postman, plumber''s mate and gravedigger - is in the super-league of children''s writers with sales exceeding 17 million and library borrowings of 13 million. In collaboration with his late wife, Janet, he has published many enduring titles, among them Each Peach Pear Plum, Peepo!, Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman. In addition he has written novels, collections of stories, sets of easy-readers and joke books.

Antonio, a small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes the dark and stormy night in thier cave weaving incredible stories for their own exploits - and solves his own problem of how to escape.

Nursey rhyme story book about a baby playing peek- a - boo with his family.

It''s Christmas Eve and the JOLLY POSTMAN is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there''s a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called ''Beware'' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalised Humpty Dumpty and three more surprise envelopes containing letters, cards, etc. Everyone''s favourite postman keeps on peddling his bicycle up hill and down dale . . . and into everybody''s hearts.

Mr Biff and Mr Bop are boxers and famous rivals too. Mr Bop is fit and lean and Mr Biff . . . Biff! Bop! Biff! Biff! Well, Mr Biff likes a cream cake or two. Will he ever be able to toughen up in time for the big charity match. Gulp! A hilarious Happy Families picture books from Janet and Allan Ahlberg ''The Ahlbergs belong, with A.A. Milne and Lewis Carroll, to the greatest tradition of children''s books.'' Sunday Times

In six brief, whimsical stories, the acclaimed team of Janet and Allan Ahlberg shows what happens when everyday expressions are taken literally. A giant collects a pot of boys named Jack in--what else?--"The Jack Pot". And what is a "Clothes Horse?"--a horse made of clothing, of course! Full-color illustrations throughout.

Penguin presents Funny Bones: The Collection by Allan Ahlberg, read by Stephen Mangan. An audio collection of the perennially popular Funny Bones books by Allan Ahlberg Featuring: Funnybones, The Pet Shop, The Black Cat, Bumps in the Night, Give the Dog a Bone, Dinosaur Dreams, Skeleton Crew and Mystery Tour.

A teddy bear with a rather inflated opinion of himself has a series of not-always-pleasant adventures before finding a real home.

When Thomas Tull is seven years old, he stops growing and begins shrinking and shrinking and shrinking.

A collection of humorous riddles, cartoon strips, and poems featuring the Bogies, Little Mo and her Magic Pencil, Bully Bertha, and others.

Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters.

Jeremiah lives in the Dark Woods with his grandma, who is brave enough to fight off crocodiles with her bare hands and her handbag. But her legs aren''t so good, so when her jam tarts are stolen she sends Jeremiah into the woods to find the culprit.

A band of thieves plot to steal the children''s toys before they are received on Christmas.

While on his rounds, the Postman gets knocked on the head with a giant rattle which gives him a dream that sends him down a rabbit hole to meet Alice and then onto Oz to meet Dorothy.