Janet and Allan Ahlberg
British wife-and-husband children's book author duo as illustrator and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lists for public libraries.[1] They worked together for 20 years until Janet's death from cancer in 1994. He wrote the books and she illustrated them.[2] Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.[lower-alpha 1]
Allan Ahlberg | |
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Born | (1938-06-05) 5 June 1938 (age 85) Croydon, England |
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Sunderland Technical College |
Genre | Children's books |
Years active | 1976–present |
Spouse |
Janet Ahlberg
(m. 1969; died 1994)Vanessa Clarke |
Janet Ahlberg | |
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Born | (1944-10-21)21 October 1944 Yorkshire, England |
Died | 15 November 1994(1994-11-15) (aged 50) |
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | Sunderland Technical College |
Genre | Children's books |
Years active | 1976–1994 |
Notable awards | two Kate Greenaway Medals |
Spouse |
Allan Ahlberg (m. 1969) |
Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books[3][4] and the 1978 winner Each Peach Pear Plum was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005).[5] In the US it was published by Viking Press in 1979 as Each Peach Pear Plum: an "I Spy" story; the national library catalogue summary explains, "Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play 'I spy' with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters."[6][7]