I am thankful for those who nurtured me, and for the privilege of nurturing others. “ Send postcards to people when they are alive, not flowers when they are dead.”Īnd a love of reading nurtures our acorns into saplings and on to mighty oaks. A simple gesture that filled me with joy, and flooded a difficult week with happy memories.Īn aunty figure in my youth, had two favourite axioms: Last week, a friend I gave it to more than ten years ago, and who now lives in Australia, sent me a picture of her younger child with the book, saying her kids still love it. I hope that one day, they and their children will pass it on. They usually say how much they and their child enjoy it. This remains one of a few special books we both know off by heart, more than twenty years later.Īnother daisy chain: it’s a book I’ve given to many friends.
The whole book is a daisy chain of names familiar from fairy tales and nursery rhymes, creating a story that includes Robin Hood, Baby Bunting, the Three Bears, a Wicked Witch, and Cinderella. My child learned to read the book: pretend reading (memory), then properly. " Tom Thumb in the cupboard, I spy Mother Hubbard Then I would read, but stop before saying the last words on each page, allowing my child to jump in with the next name. This is such a book.įirst, I read this to my child, pausing before pointing out the next character, who would be hiding in the picture somewhere. Some of the best picture books have a similar structure, with repetition, rhyme, and rhythm as cues.
He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction and lives in Sussex.Love of language and literature works best as a daisy chain, down the generations. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Janet died in 1994.Allan Ahlberg (Author) Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and grave digger, is in the super-league of children's writers. Biography: Janet Ahlberg (Author, Illustrator) Janet Ahlberg, along with Allan Ahlberg, created some of the world's most popular picture books, including EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN, both winners of Greenaway Medals, and THE BABY'S CATALOGUE, inspired by their daughter Jessica.Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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