Janet and Allan Ahlberg wrote many books together before Janet died in 1994. Allan had many jobs before becoming an author including postman, plumber’s mate, grave digger and teacher. Roman is a qualified PTLLS teacher and has been coaching students in acting, and teaching/directing students at drama colleges in England (The Academy of Live and Recorded Art, East 15, Drama Studio London) as well as giving various master classes in puppetry /design for puppetry (Central School of Speech and Drama, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Little Angle Theatre). He is a puppetry consultant for various theatre companies as well as Pied Piper, (Watershed productions, Birmingham Stage Co, Mid Wales Opera, Pied Piper Productions, Thousand Cranes Co, All Aboard Productions, Polka Theatre - guest directors) Judges will be able to reflect any connection to state threats activities and harms when sentencing individuals convicted of other crimes. Sentencing can then recognise the seriousness of hostile activity done for or on behalf of foreign states. The grammar of the dialogue is that of the working class, though perhaps someone can pinpoint the area. I’m guessing somewhere in the Midlands, but only because that’s where Allan grew up, and where he set his memoir, which he called The Boyhood of Burglar Bill. STORY STRUCTURE OF BURGLAR BILL PARATEXT Generally speaking, an offence will be made out when the specified harmful activity has taken place and where the foreign power condition is met.

Burglar Bill’ is a story about a man who burgles everything, even the bed he sleeps in! One evening, Bill comes across a brown box and decides to steal it. Burglar Bill settles down for the night when he is woken by a strange sound. He goes to investigate and realises the noises are coming from the box. Bill opens the box and to his surprise he finds a baby inside. Bill and Betty exchange pleasantries and after a short while Bill describes his unusual find the other evening. He introduces the baby to Betty however Betty is already fully acquainted with the baby because the baby is actually hers!From an educational point of view I think this is a nice story that children from nursery-year 2 would find enjoyable. I love the illustrations. It would be interesting to look at the speech in the book, as the characters speak in a non-standard English way, that could be a point of interest for older children ("And these are his own little clothes as well what his Grandma knit him" etc).

Get the face paints out. Book characters can easily come to life with cute painted faces. Think The Tiger Who Came to Tea or the Cheshire Cat. The foreign power condition ensures that there is a single consistent approach to determining whether activity under the bill offences or aggravated offences is being carried out for or on behalf of, or with the intention to benefit a foreign power and therefore whether that activity falls within scope of the offences and other provisions in the bill. Authors can’t get away with that kind of language (or baby) in a picture book but when the baby starts talking to Bill, readers are delighted. It is wonderful to find out the baby has agency. When Bill learns he’s accidentally stolen a baby he doesn’t think to find its parents. ‘Clearly’ this baby was left on a doorstep because whoever gave birth to it doesn’t want it. At this point I’m reminded of how easily children acquire pets in stories. This has changed in recent children’s fiction. In the 1970s, preceding microchipping, children in stories would often find a pet and just keep it. Authors don’t do that now. There’s almost always at least some effort expended in trying to find a pet’s owner. THE BIG STRUGGLE I really don't like the story, and it's largely because I'm rarely a fan of books that have a woman and man meet and get together because they share this one thing in common story. These are the sorts of books I would actively keep out of my (at the time of writing this, hypothetical) children's library because it is subtly teaching them a lesson that appears benign but isn't actually good for people that I know I grew up with and have been trying to unlearn since I was a child.This book had me laughing out loud (with the window open - I'm sure my neighbour is questioning my sanity!). There is something of a straight-faced-but-purposely-ridiculous whimsy in a lot of British children's books, and this one really takes it to extremes. As with The Tiger Who Came to Tea , you find yourself reading about something quite bizarre, but described in a way as if it were the most natural thing in the world!

Make a simple mask. Paper plates are great for making simple masks. You can turn your child into pretty much any World Book Day character they fancy with a little crafting.Some comical picture book burglars are commonly childlike characters who seem to be driven by kleptomania rather than by evil or greed. Burglar Bill is in the same category as Kate di Camillo’s burglar in Mercy Watson Fights Crime, in which the burglar is after the toaster. The toaster just so happens to be Mercy’s favourite appliance, as she has a penchant for hot, buttered toast. OPPONENT The “near death” calamity happens when Bill accidentally falls off his stool while trying to calm Baby down with a song on the piano. The final image shows us that Bill has given up burgling houses and is now a baker. Since bakers need to get up in the small hours, this is a good career change for Bill. EXTRAPOLATED ENDING