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Tributes are being paid to the celebrated children's author Allan Ahlberg, who鈥檚 died at the age of 87, his publisher Penguin Random House has confirmed.

He was from Leicester, and wrote 150 books over a career which spanned more than five decades, including The Jolly Postman, Funny Bones, Peepo! and the award-winning Each Peach Pear Plum.

Many of his most well-known works were the result of collaborations with wife Janet, an award-winning illustrator. They went on to sell millions of copies around the world.

麻豆社 Leicester's Emma Caldwell looks back on his career.

Image: Penguin Random House.