Burglar Bill

Suitable for 5 – 8 years

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Burglar Bill is a very naughty man. Each night, he eats a stolen supper and goes out stealing things. But when he accidentally steals a baby, it turns his naughty life upside down! This hilarious tale by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is one of the best-loved picture books ever – a timeless classic that parents recognise and children love. The iconic images of swarthy Bill clutching his swag bag will stick fast in the mind, while everyone will breathe a sigh of relief as he renounces his wicked ways and turns over a new leaf!

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Product Details

Catalogue number

1388 in Setanta Ed Cat Autumn 2025

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780140503012

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

January 25th, 1979

Lexile measure

AD550L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.4; Lower years; 0.5 points

Other details

  • 32 pages

Condition

New

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Author/Illustrator

Allan Ahlberg

Photo of Allan Ahlberg

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. Beth grainger
    on 13 September 2009

    Totally cool

    I think that burglar bill is the best book in the world i love when he's there putting hats in a bag!!!

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