The Jolly Christmas Postman (The Jolly Postman)

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In the first book of this now classic series, we are taken down the dark, dark street to the dark, dark house and into the dark, dark cellar in which the skeletons live. Find out what's on Humpty-Dumpty's get-well jigsaw and who has sent Red Riding Hood a board game for Christmas. The Jolly Christmas Postman is the seasonal sequel of, the Kate Greenaway Medal winning, The Jolly Postman which, after 35 years, remains one of the most innovative and interactive children’s books available.

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We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring theres something for every literary palate. Preschoolers will enjoy the rhyming text and familiar characters and older children can start to read the story and letters themselves. Our sons loved Alan and Janet Ahlberg books when they were young and we still have an old, much loved Burglar Bill and Cops and Robbers (Ho, ho).

We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It takes quite a while to read the book with a child, so much is left for you to discuss together, to comment on, to remember and love. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. One of the loveliest things to do at Christmas is cuddle up and enjoy a good picture book together – and these classic stories have really stood the test of time. Bought this for my four year old as I thought he was old enough to appreciate it now, and he loves it!

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).

These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 13 November 1994), née Janet Hall, and Allan Ahlberg (born 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 for public libraries.

Janet sadly died in 1994, but Allan has gone on to work with other illustrators and is still producing lots of new books. By far the best book I've ever bought, I couldn't wait to read it, so as my little boy went for a nap I quickly had a read.A special edition of this classic picture book to celebrate its 30th anniversary – with festive foil on the cover! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.