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Miss Brick the Builder's Baby by Allan Ahlberg
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years) | Series: Happy Families
Mr and Mrs Brick are builders, just like their mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers. But their new baby doesn't seem to be following in their footsteps. Instead of building things up, she keeps knocking things down!
Mr Biff the Boxer by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Happy Families
This is a brand new, bigger, edition of an Ahlberg Happy Families classic. Mr Biff and Mr Bop are boxers and deadly rivals too. Mr Bop is fit and lean and Mr Biff...Well, Mr Biff likes a cream cake or two. Will he ever be able to toughen up in time for the annual charity match. Gulp! Janet and Allan Ahl ...Show more
Mr Tick the Teacher by Allan Ahlberg
$18.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Happy Families
One of the classic Happy Families stories written by Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Faith Jaques. Mr Tick loves teaching his six children at their little school. But then they hear news that all small schools must close, so Mr Tick starts teaching some rather unusual lessons - in how to trick stern sc ...Show more
Mrs. Lather's Laundry by Allan Ahlberg
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years) | Series: Happy Families
Mrs Lather is getting quite worked up in her laundry. She hates washing socks, she hates washing vests, she really doesn't much like washing trousers or dresses either. But her job gets rather more difficult when her customers start bringing in more unusual washing loads.
Mrs Lather's Laundry (PB) by Allan Ahlberg
$18.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Happy Families
A classic Happy Families story written by Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Andre Amstutz. Mrs Lather is getting quite worked up in her laundry. She hates washing socks, she hates washing vests, she really doesn't much like washing trousers or dresses either. But her job gets rather more difficult when h ...Show more
Mrs Wobble the Waitress by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Happy Families
This is a brand new, bigger, edition of an Ahlberg Happy Families classic. Mrs Wobble loves her job as a waitress but, oh dear, there's one big problem - she wobbles! And when she wibbles and wobbles and drops jelly everywhere, it's time for a new job! Luckily, Mr Wobble, and all the Wobble children hav ...Show more
Ms.Cliff the Climber by Allan Ahlberg
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years) | Series: Happy Families
Presents the story of ups and downs, and tangles, in the life of the keen mountain climber, Clara Cliff.
My Worst Book Ever! by Allan Ahlberg
$22.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Picture books are such good fun and so is making them-- but who knew there were so many things that could go wrong? This is the story of a picture book doomed from the very start. Allan has a good idea for a book about a crocodile, but every time he sits down to write, he's interrupted. The manuscript ...Show more
Starting School by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
$15.00 AUD
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 Bravest Ever Bear by Allan Ahlberg
$15.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books
What is this book about? It's about a bear. The bravest ever bear. No, three bears. No, four and twenty black bears. Or maybe a penguin. No, no, it's about a sausage. A sausage? That can't be right. I'll start again. This book is about the perfectest ever princess, a wolf, a troll, a dragon and a sausag ...Show more
The Bucket: Memories of an Inattentive Childhood by Allan Ahlberg
$25.00 AUD
Category: Literary
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 Goldilocks Variations by Allan Ahlberg
$27.95 AUD
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.