Burglar Bill - Allan Ahlberg

WARNING: Highly critical review laden with personal opinion.... I am utterly shocked that there is only 1 other person who has written about this book. I'm sure there will be a lot of people who will have read this one in their childhood. I was rather bored so decided to read the book again about 2am and write down on paper my thoughts. Going back to reading it again, I came across a disadvantage - no page numbers but took the time (at 2:02am) to count them for you... 30 pages. That is only the pages with the story on them though. Even to this day, I don't really get what the point of the book actually is. It was first written ...  Read the complete review

I am a fan of Janet and Allan Ahlberg and we have several of their books such as the jolly postman and peepo. So when one fine sunny day I spotted a copy of burglar Bill by these authors for the bargain price of 10p, at the local car boot sale I snapped it up! Burglar Bill has been a firm favourite with my children ever since. The story ************ The story is about a man named Bill who lives alone, and? you?ve guessed it, is a burglar. During the day Bill sleeps in his stolen bed after he has consumed his breakfast of stolen toast and marmalade. His house is full of stolen property. When the rest of us honest folk are in bed Bill gets up and goes ...  Read the complete review

Burglar Bill Burglar Bill is a paperback childrens book written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg it is aimed at children from around 4 upwards. It is short enough that you could read it all to a 4 year old but would also appeal to older children who could read it themselves. Pictures There are colour pictures on every page. Each picture has lots to look at, for example there is a little mouse under Bills bed and all the stolen property stashed around the house. The Story Well no points for guessing that this is a story about Bill who is a burglar. Now you might think that this isn’t a particularly suitable topic for a ...  Read the complete review

Burglar Bill is the story of a Burglar named Bill. Bill has been a burglar all his life until one night he finds "a big brown box with little holes in it" on a doorstep and takes it home. When he gets home he discovers that the box contains a baby! Later when Burglar Bill is sleeping he wakes to find that he himself is being burgled by Burglar Betty! Betty turns out to be the babies mother after the fright of being burgled Bill and Betty decided to give it all up for an honest life together! As with all good tales Bill, Betty and the Baby live happily ever after. I really love this story and it has been around a very long time. I ...  Read the complete review