The first of Allan Ahlberg's mini-masterpieces for early readers, with striking illustrations by Katharine McEwen.

Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, this book is the first in a series of brilliantly funny early readers by Allan Ahlberg. One morning Mr Gaskitt puts on all his clothes, Mrs Gaskitt picks up a robber in her taxi, Gus and Gloria have trouble with a teacher, Horace the cat goes to a friend's house to watch TV and the car radio gets things wrong. What follows is an action-packed, massively swift-paced and farcical romp as different plots interweave and end in a thrilling car chase with Mr Gaskitt saving the day! With lively illustrations by Katharine McEwen.


Woman Who Won Things

by Allan Ahlberg

Published 1 May 2002
One lucky morning...Mrs Gaskitt opens the post, and finds she's won a prize. Next she kisses the postman! Meanwhile Gus and Gloria get a new teacher, Mrs Plum, who's ever so helpful when things start to go missing in the classroom. What happens next? Find out in this second Gaskitts adventure, a fun-filled follow-up to The Man Who Wore All His Clothes.

Cat Who Got Carried Away

by Allan Ahlberg

Published 1 March 2004
Welcome to this 'Grand and Gripping Gaskitts' story, in which Gus and Gloria have a lot of running to do, Mrs Gaskitt hardly ever gets out of bed and something dreadful happens to Horace!

Children Who Smelled A Rat

by Allan Ahlberg

Published 1 August 2005
In this energetic Gaskitt story, Mrs Gaskitt finds a parcel, Mr Gaskitt loses a baby, Horace has mixed feelings about a bird, and Mrs Fritter is not herself.