Jolly Christmas Postman

It's Christmas Eve and the Jolly Postman is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters–there's a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called 'Beware' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalised Humpty Dumpty, and three more surprise envelopes containing letters and cards.

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.