Read this book aloud so that youngsters can chime in. . . . Children will delight in this energetic, amusing, and very approachable tale. –School Library JournalDo you know what Jack and Jill were arguing about before they went up the hill? And what happened before that? Every story, every person, and every thing started somewhere. Author Allan Ahlberg and illustrator Bruce Ingman, the whimsical team behind The Runaway Dinner and The Pencil, reverse direction in this clever pastiche of fairy tales in which everyone lives happily ever . . . before.
Janet & Allan Ahlberg created many acclaimed picture books from 1975 to shortly before Janet’s death in 1994. Allan taught before becoming a full-time writer and Janet studied graphic design before becoming an illustrator. EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN won Kate Greenaway Medals and PEEPO! won Parents Magazine’s Best Books For Babies Award.
Bruce Ingman is the award-winning children’s book illlustrator of BOING!, written by Sean Taylor, and the author-illustrator of BAD NEWS! I’M IN CHARGE! Bruce Ingman lives in London.
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