Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Allan Ahlberg
Born (1938-06-05) 5 June 1938 (age 86)
Croydon, England
OccupationWriter
EducationSunderland Technical College
GenreChildren's books
Years active1976–present
Spouse
Janet Ahlberg
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(m. 1969; died 1994)​

Vanessa Clarke
Allan Ahlberg's voice
from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
Janet Ahlberg
Born(1944-10-21)21 October 1944
Yorkshire, England
Died15 November 1994(1994-11-15) (aged 50)
OccupationWriter
Alma materSunderland Technical College
GenreChildren's books
Years active1976–1994
Notable awardsKate Greenaway Medal (1978, 1991)
Spouse
Allan Ahlberg
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(m. 1969)​

Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lists for public libraries.[1] They worked together for 20 years until Janet's death from cancer in 1994. He wrote the books and she illustrated them.[2] Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.[a]

Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books[3][4] and the 1978 winner Each Peach Pear Plum was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005).[5] In the US it was published by Viking Press in 1979 as Each Peach Pear Plum: an "I Spy" story; the national library catalogue summary explains, "Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play 'I spy' with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters."[6][7]

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  6. ^ "Each peach pear plum: an 'I spy' story" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC record). Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Each peach pear plum" (Penguin edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-08-31.


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