Alan Ahlberg appreciation thread!

[ChloeCannotCanCan]

I’ve just read that the wonderful Alan Ahlberg has died - I spent hours and hours reading his books when I was a child and then again with my own children.

each peach pear plum….

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5383647-allen-ahlberg-has-died

Please, Mrs. Butler 💓

www.poemhunter.com/poem/please-mrs-butler/

Absolutely love Cops and Robbers, the rhyming is so clever

That baby bear really shouldn't have a shotgun

Oh I didn’t see that thread! The search function on Mumsnet leaves a lot to be desired….

I think The Jolly Postman is also so clever - I always buy a copy for any babies born in my family!

Oh I hadn't heard this. How sad.

I discovered the Ahlberg books when my son was a tiny baby . And he loved them during his childhood.

They are wonderful books. In fact I couldnt bear to throw them out and thirty eight years later they are still in one of my book cases.

I’ve kept all my copies too - my youngest loved The Baby’s Catalogue, I think I read it every night for about 2 years…