Burglar Bill

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He introduces the baby to Betty however Betty is already fully acquainted with the baby because the baby is actually hers! That night, Burglar Bill is awoken to the sound of someone in his house saying 'That's a nice umbrella - I'll take that.

This book had me laughing out loud (with the window open - I'm sure my neighbour is questioning my sanity! Then one night he discovers a cardboard box at one of the homes he is burgling, and thinking it might come in handy, brings it home with him. After all, that poem - perhaps meant to mock sentimental stories like Frances Hodgson's Burnett's Editha's Burglar - also dealt with a burglar and his transformative encounter with an innocent child. Burglar Bill has to find ways of entertaining and looking after the baby - feeding him beans, playing the piano to him, trying to change his nappy, teaching him to talk. We read it last night, and the kid loved it so much that he insisted we read it again first thing this morning.Nobody can fail to be amused, love, and be entranced by the adventures of Bill, as he goes about his burglary business, adopts a baby left at his door, and falls victim himself to a female burglar whom he eventually marries. I found it quite amusing, with its blithe acceptance of Burglar Bill's crime sprees, and its tale of lifestyle reformation. Allan Ahlberg is one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Well, I bought the kindle version and I think the publisher could have done more to adapt this for the kindle. Every morning he has stolen toast and marmalade - as with The Tiger Who Came To Tea , there is the incongruous mix of traditional cosy English life along with something quite forceful and unmannerly. It can be used in literacy classes to help the children analyse a character’s behaviour in a story and how this can change through the course of a story. The real adventure begins when he burgles a big brown box that was left on a doorstep, takes it home, and realises there's a baby inside it. Some readers loved the book's charm and unique story, while others did not see it as being morally acceptable for a young child to read, as the subject of burglary is taken fairly light-heartedly without serious consequences.I’ve lost count of the times I’ve had to repeat “I’m a widow lady” in a squeaky falsetto and I’ve loved hearing their giggles over the years. Furthermore, the authors have used some great moments of dialogue throughout the story which makes it even more enjoyable.

Warning: this book may encourage children to become burglars purely from an excessive delight in the world and all its manufactured goodness. though making the text more reader friendly, and changing the lay-out of some of the pages would be a start). One day Bill steals a baby and they have a fantastic time together until one day things change for Bill, he has an intruder in house who is about to steal from him.Originally published in 1977, and recommended to me by an online friend, Burglar Bill is only the second picture-book I have read from Janet and Allan Ahlberg, following upon their classic Each Peach Pear Plum.