Isn't "Peepo" by the Ahlbergs just the loveliest book?

[Sidge]

DD3 (20 months) absolutely loves this at the moment and has it as her bedtime story every night.

I don't mind because I adore it too

[BellaBear]

Oh I loved it when Iwas little and I buy it for friends with babies

[areyouthereMNtismeMargaret]

I love it don't mind reading it at all I love the illustrations too .

[MrsBadger]

I forced MIL to buy it for dd when she really wanted to get her a book of nursery rhymes

[Sidge]

I buy them Each Peach Pear Plum!! Another lovely Ahlberg book.

For older children I love The Jolly Postman, the writing is great and we love the little letters inserted into the envelope pages!

[ILikeToMoveItMoveIt]

LL - snap with the daddy in a uniform, it really chokes me.

I also love Each Peach Pear Plum.

[Blandmum]

The house in it looks very like my Grandmother's. When I first read it when I got to the bit about the 'Rainbow rim' of the mirror I filled up with tears

[Blandmum]

and daddy in RAF blues. [sigh]

[Sidge]

LL - I love that, Daddy doing bathtime in his uniform then going off (I assume) to do a nightshift.

I really love the attention to detail in their books, the illustrations are beautiful and the prose just flows so easily.

[areyouthereMNtismeMargaret]

It's a classic ,my dd's favourite page is bathtime .

[suedonim]

It's a gorgeous, gorgeous book. I think there's something new to see every time you look at it.

[Lizzylou]

I love this one, both DS's love it too

[hellish]

Loved it too when my girls were littler. The illustrations are so lovely and it could make me cry too - I love the Grandma pegging washing.

[PinkPussyCat]

Aaaww I love this book, so does ds. He adores Each Peach Pear Plum though

What other books, if any, have the Ahlbergs done?

[castille]

Oh yes, it's gorgeous.

Our family is the same as theirs - 2 older girls and a little boy - so DS thinks they are us! RAF uniform and fringes on pushchairs notwithstanding

[cmotdibbler]

They did a whole series called Happy Families, and loads of others - theres a bibliography here.

I love Funny Bones and the Babys Catalogue too. Peepo is in the current downstairs box of books so we've been reading it a lot. Had forgotten how lovely it was.

[LyraSilvertongue]

Oooh, DS2 loves (or rather loved) Peepo. It was his favourite for years. It was his job to say Peepo at the end of each page. I loved reading it to him because it's so rhythmic.
He also adored his Baby's Catalogue and Each Peach Pear Plum, also by the Ahlbergs.

[evenhope]

I love this book. The pictures look just like my gran's house. I also cry (most of the way through it )

[PinkPussyCat]

Thanks cmotdibbler!

[MrsBadger]

they also did Burglar Bill - dh's all time favourite

[edam]

I adore Peepo. Occasionally manage to persuade ds to read it again (he's nearly five so considers himself too big, really). Each Peach is just as gorgeous. The illustrations are wonderful. I want to live in the Ahlberg's world!

[Rosa]

BOught for dd when she was 18 mths .Love it and gparents adore it and read it to her at every opportunity !

[BellaBear]

Burglar Bill - my sister's favourite - except it was called Burgular Bill in our house. Likewise Happily Families. [does everyone have made up names for things or just us?]

Did you know they did the baby catalogue because their daughter Jessica's favourite 'book' was some catalogue so they made one specially for her.