Cops and Robbers
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Picture Book · Ages 3–5 · 1978

Cops and Robbers

By Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

Robbers plan a toy heist on Christmas Eve. Can they be stopped?

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On Christmas Eve, London's robbers plot to steal every toy in sight. But Officer Pugh is ready to thwart their plans. As he captures the villains, one crafty thief, Grandma Swagg, slips away. Will justice prevail, or will Grandma Swagg outsmart them all? Dive into this thrilling chase and find out!

From the publisher

This is a new Puffin edition of Allan Ahlberg’s best-selling Cops and Robbers classic picture book, with a brand new cover! The robbers of London town plan a desperate crime one Christmas Eve - to steal all the toys they can lay their hands on! Fortunately, the robbers meet their match in brave office Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get away.Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: Kicking a Ball; The Baby’s Catalogue; Burglar Bill; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please Mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Reading age
3–5
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD640L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.1
F&P level
~P
Publication
Published
August 24, 2010
First published
January 1, 1978
Publisher
Puffin
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780140565843

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