Miss Dirt the Dustman's Daughter

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A hilariousHappy Families picture book from Allan Ahlberg and Tony Ross Daisy is unusual. Her dad is poor, but her mum has remarried a rich duke. Poor Daisy Dirt doesn't know whether she's coming or going, whether she's rich or poor - until everything changes . . . A hilarious Happy Families picture book from Allan Ahlberg and Tony Ross 'Marvellous.' Child Education

Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and grave digger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction and lives in Bath. Tony Ross was born in Wandsworth, but moved during the war to Cheshire. He ended up at the Liverpool Regional College of Art after despairing of working with his first love - horses. He went into teaching after a bad day in an advertising agency, where he was art director, and at first taught in all sorts of areas - design, advertising, typography. At that time he was drawing cartoons in magazines like Punch. He has written and illustrated many popular books for children including Foxy Fables, I'm Coming to Get You and Naughty Nigel, all published in Puffin. He lives in Cheshire with his wife and daughter.