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Tell us about your favourite Allan Ahlberg book

Guardian Saturday Review Only Allan Ahlberg, children's author. Photograph by Felix Clay
The Ahlbergs went on to become one of the most successful writer/illustrator partnerships in children’s literature. Photograph: Felix Clay

Allan Ahlberg, the children’s writer famous for popular children’s books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and the Jolly Postman, has died aged 87.

When Ahlberg met his wife, Janet, an artist, she asked him to write a children’s story for her to illustrate. Their first book together, Here Are the Brick Street Boys, was published in 1975, and the Ahlbergs went on to become one of the most successful writer/illustrator partnerships in children’s literature.

We would like to hear your tributes to Allan Ahlberg. What are your favourite books and what do they mean to you? Did you grow up reading them and have you passed on your love of his books to your own kids?

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