Peepo!

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Author
Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Publisher
Penguin
Genre
Children’s Picture Book
Released
19 October, 1981

Peepo!

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    Synopsis

    Here’s a little babyOne, two threeStanding in his cotWhat does he see? Peepo! follows a baby through the day in a style full of wit, charm and ingenuity.A series of holes peeping through to the next page leads the child on to the next stage in the day, giving a hint of what is to come.An original book that has long delighted young children - and their parents! ‘The best book ever published for babies’  Books for Your Children‘Surely no one – baby, child or adult – could fail to enjoy Peepo!’  Sunday Telegraph‘A book to last a lifetime . . . this is a perfect book for sharing’  Nursery World
    Janet and Allan Ahlberg
    About the author

    Janet and Allan Ahlberg

    Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 13 November 1994), née Janet Hall, and Allan Ahlberg (5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lists. They worked together for 20 years until Janet died of cancer in 1994. Allan wrote the books and Janet illustrated them. Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.  Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books and the 1978 winner Each Peach Pear Plum was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005).

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