Starting School (Viking Kestrel picture books)

by Allan Ahlberg (Author), Allan Ahlberg (Author), Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1988

  $3.86

  A follow-up to The Baby's Catalogue , this illustrated book shows children what going to school entails. From playhouse to playground, from stories to school dinners, this book attempts to calm anxieties and fire enthusiasm in pre-school children. Among the Ahlbergs' many books are Each Peach Pear Plum , which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and The Baby's Catalogue which was runner-up for the same award.

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.40

  Janet and Allan Ahlberg's Starting School is required reading for children and parents. Starting School by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is an enchanting picture book for reassuring children who are about to start school for the very first time. The colourful pictures and large, simple text make Starting School the perfect book to be read to and read by children learning to read. Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: Burglar Bill ; Cops and Robbers ; Each Peach Pear Plum ; The One and Only Two Heads ; Son of a Gun ; The Little Worm Book ; Two Wheels Two Heads ; Funny Bones ; A Pair of Sinners ; Happy Families ; Peepo! ; The Ha Ha Bonk Book ; Help Your Child to Read ; Ten in a Bed ; Please mrs Butler ; Daisy Chains ; Yum Yum ; Playmates ; Foldaways ; Woof ; The Cinderella Show ; The Jolly Postman ; The Jolly Christmas Postman ; The Jolly Pocket Postman ; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories ; The Mighty Slide ; The Baby's Catalogue ; Heard it in the Playground ; The Bear Nobody Wanted ; It was a Dark and Stormy Night ; The Giant Baby ; Baby Sleeps ; Blue Buggy ; Doll and Teddy ; See the Rabbit ; Please Mrs Butler ; The Better Brown Stories ; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill .