Beloved children’s author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87 | National News
LONDON (AP) — British writer Allan Ahlberg, author of more than 150 children’s books including classics like “Each Peach Pear Plum” and “The Jolly Postman,” has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 87.
Penguin Random House said Ahlberg died on Tuesday. It did not give a cause of death.
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