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Please Mrs Butler

Suitable for 7 – 8 years

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Never-ending projects. Reading tests. Quarrels and making up. Excuses. Picking teams. Playtime. ‘Please, Sir, it isn’t fair.’ All the familiar happenings of classroom life are brought to life in this classic favourite, voted the most important children’s poetry book of the 20th century in a Books for Keeps poll.

  • Allan Ahlberg’s classic book of comical school rhymes
  • Captures all the familiar events and sayings of school life
  • A hilarious treat that has captivated generations of readers
  • One to delight children and spark vivid memories in grown-ups!

“Hilarious and poignant verses about primary school life. A real winner.” Guardian

“Clever, funny and nostalgic, the collection is a delight.” Sunday Times

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780140314946

Lexile measure

NP

Other details

  • 96 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Allan Ahlberg

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Allan has been delighting children of all ages for more than thirty years. Classic characters like Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman have become firm favourites with a generation of children who are now reading them to their own offspring. Innovative, funny and moving, his work encompasses storybooks, picture books, easy readers, joke books and novels as well as poems.

Many of his books were collaborations with his wife, Janet, an illustrator, and they quickly became one of Britain’s leading author/illustrator teams.

Influenced by comics and cartoons, their perfect partnership went on to produce masterpieces including Peepo!, Each Peach Pear Plum and The Baby’s Catalogue.

Janet sadly died in 1994, but Allan has gone on to work with other illustrators and is still producing lots of new books.

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  1. Sushi21
    on 4 March 2014

    I memorized ‘Back to School’ after we learned the poem at school. Even my mum loves it!

    5 out of 5

  2. TheMileLongBookshelfBlog
    on 8 March 2013

    This is a very sweet book

  3. ruudy
    on 6 March 2012

    it is criminally funny!

  4. mummydaddy2
    on 6 March 2011

    so funny

    5 out of 5

  5. xxisabellatrixx
    on 27 February 2011

    charming book about primary school life. loved it as a child used to say it too my teachers!

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