'If ever a series was designed to lighten the darkness of parents and children worried about developing reading this is it' Junior Education 'Miniature Masterpieces' Books for Your Children

Allan Ahlberg - a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and gravedigger - is in the super-league of children's writers with sales exceeding 17 million and library borrowings of 13 million. In collaboration with his late wife, Janet, he has published many enduring titles, among them Each Peach Pear Plum, Peepo!, Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman. In addition he has written novels, collections of stories, sets of easy-readers, joke books and ,of course, the Happy Families series for beginner readers.