Imatge de l'autor

Janet Ahlberg (1944–1994)

Autor/a de Each Peach Pear Plum

46+ obres 11,224 Membres 191 Ressenyes 2 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Janet Ahlberg was born in Huddersfield, England in 1944 and brought up in Leicester. Originally trained as a teacher in Sunderland from 1963 to 1966, Ahlberg was encouraged to paint and draw. She decided that keeping charge of a class was very hard work so she decided to develop her artistic mostra'n més ability and went to study graphic design at Leicester Polytechnic for three years. She met and married Allan Ahlberg and began to illustrate books for children, first with Night published in 1972, and then with The Brick Street Boys series, written by her husband. Since then, she and Allan Ahlberg have worked together successfully. Another series, also written by Allan Ahlberg, is Happy Families, published by Puffin Books. In 1978, Ahlberg was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for Each Peach, Pear, Plum. Ahlberg is a two time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal having won again in 1991for The Jolly Christmas Postman. She was awarded the Kurt Maschler Awards in 1986 for The Jolly Postman: or Other People's Letters, whoch sold over a million copies worlwide. Sadly Janet Ahlberg died in 1994 at the age of 50 after suffering from cancer (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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Crèdit de la imatge: With husband Allan and daughter Jessica (1989)

Sèrie

Obres de Janet Ahlberg

Each Peach Pear Plum (1978) 3,514 exemplars
The Jolly Christmas Postman (1991) 1,065 exemplars
Peepo! (1981) 945 exemplars
Funnybones (1980) 580 exemplars
The Jolly Pocket Postman (1995) 430 exemplars
The Baby's Catalogue (1982) 300 exemplars
Burglar Bill (1977) 294 exemplars
Starting School (1988) 255 exemplars
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (1993) 254 exemplars
The Ha Ha Bonk Book (1982) 179 exemplars
Cops and Robbers (1973) 164 exemplars
The Bear Nobody Wanted (1992) 145 exemplars
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods (1977) 140 exemplars
Bye Bye Baby (1989) 115 exemplars
The Worm Book (1979) 91 exemplars
The Vanishment of Thomas Tull (1977) 34 exemplars
The Old Joke Book (1976) 26 exemplars
Son of a Gun (1979) 23 exemplars
The Cinderella Show (1986) 10 exemplars
Night (1972) 9 exemplars
Playmates (Slot Book) (1984) 9 exemplars
Yum Yum (1984) 6 exemplars
The one and only two heads (1979) 4 exemplars
Each Peach Pear Plum (Video) — Autor — 2 exemplars
Monster Munch (Daisychains S.) (1984) 2 exemplars
Making Music (Starters) (1973) 2 exemplars
Que Ossos Curiosos! 1 exemplars
The Jolly Post Office [CD-ROM] (1997) 1 exemplars
The Baby's Catalogue Frieze (1993) 1 exemplars
La Famille Petitplats (2003) 1 exemplars
BANGDITI! 1 exemplars
De puike pakket post (1992) 1 exemplars
Which Witch? (1983) 1 exemplars
Prune Peche Poire Prune (1989) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Mrs. Wobble the Waitress (1980) — Il·lustrador — 137 exemplars
Mr. Biff the Boxer (1980) — Il·lustrador — 108 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, June 1978 — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars

Etiquetat

Coneixement comú

Altres noms
Hall, Janet (birth name)
Data de naixement
1944-10-21
Data de defunció
1994-11-15
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
UK
País (per posar en el mapa)
England, UK
Lloc de naixement
Yorkshire, England, UK
Lloc de defunció
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Causa de la mort
cancer (breast)
Llocs de residència
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Educació
Sunderland Technical College
Professions
Book Illustrator
Relacions
Ahlberg, Allan (husband)
Ahlberg, Jessica (daughter)
Premis i honors
Kate Greenaway Medal (1978)
Biografia breu
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 - Jessica Ahlberg - is also a children's book creator.

Membres

Converses

Humorous children's book about traps for worms a Name that Book (setembre 2015)

Ressenyes

Rated "Indifferent" in our old book database by Rod and Adelia
 
Marcat
villemezbrown | Feb 24, 2024 |
EducatingParents.org rating: Approved
 
Marcat
MamaBearLendingDen | Hi ha 60 ressenyes més | Dec 8, 2023 |
Genre
Classics
Hidden-picture books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Subject
Characters and characteristics in fairy tales
Pies
 
Marcat
kmgerbig | Hi ha 60 ressenyes més | Apr 27, 2023 |
"La sacoche du gentil facteur est remplie de vraies lettres adressées à des célébrités : une lettre d'excuse de Boucle d'or pour les Trois Ours, un extrait du catalogue des magasins Farfadjin pour la méchante sorcière, une carte postale de Jack pour le Géant, et bien d'autres encore...) 4e de couverture
 
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marievictoire | Hi ha 48 ressenyes més | Apr 15, 2023 |

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Autors associats

Allan Ahlberg Author, Joint Author.
Buffy Allen Actress
Andre Amstutz Illustrator

Estadístiques

Obres
46
També de
3
Membres
11,224
Popularitat
#2,102
Valoració
4.2
Ressenyes
191
ISBN
331
Llengües
15
Preferit
2

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