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

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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

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

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

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

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!

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

I also love Each Peach Pear Plum.

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

and daddy in RAF blues. [sigh]

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Thanks cmotdibbler!

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

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!

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

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.