The Jolly Christmas Postman
Author(s): Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg (illustrator)
Novelty (Pop Up, Lift the Flap etc)
It's Christmas Eve and the Jolly Postman is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there's a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called 'Beware' for Red Riding Hood from Mr. Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalized Humpty Dumpty and three more surprise envelopes containing letters, cards, etc.
Product Information
The Jolly Postman books have won the Children's Book Award, The Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal.
Janet and Allan Ahlberg created some of the world's most popular picture books, including the Greenaway Medal-winning EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM, and THE BABY'S CATALOGUE, inspired by their daughter Jessica. Janet died in 1994 and Allan, a former teacher,now lives in London.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.466
- : 31 July 1999
- : 231mm X 201mm X 18mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg (illustrator)
- : Hardback
- : Re-issue ed
- : Janet Ahlberg
- : 823.914
- : 4-7
- : 52
- : Novelty, toy & die-cut books
- : colour illustrations