A great first collaboration between Allan Ahlberg and Raymond Briggs, THE creative giants of the children's book world.

Bert has all sorts of ridiculous adventures and they're told in this book in a slapstick, almost farcical way. The reader is made to feel part of the story when he/she is told to turn the page quietly so as not to wake Bert's baby and they're blamed when the baby starts to cry. Bert rescues a barking cardboard box from the river, is chased down the street by a giant sausage and much more.

Allan Ahlberg in cahoots with Raymond Briggs? It sounds like the sort of super-league merger that demands immediate referral to the monopolies and mergers commission. In it's own small way is a super-league book, too, about the hapless Bert - husband, father and complete noodlehead. What is so nice about the story is that it is both recognisably Ahlberg and recognisably Briggs and yet also distinctly of itself. It makes the ordinary - and the don't come more ordinary than Bert - extraordinary. The humour is both broad slapstick and rather droll. This book will take immediate permanent residence on our bookshelves.'
The Guardian

'With the sort of lively text you'd expect from Ahlberg - lots of playful humour that actively invites interaction from the audience (who are scolded for waking the baby, little Bert) - and distinctive drawings from Briggs, Bert is already being heralded a "modern classic" by those in the know.'
Junior

'There's a real treat in store for young readers in the shape of The Adventures of Bert, a sweetly comical first collaboration between two of the most popular and established writers of children's books: Allan Ahlberg and Raymond Briggs. The Adventures of Bert will definitely warm your cockles.'
Time Out

'Unmistakable Ahlberg touches, and the humour should appeal to all ages. Bert should be around for quite a while.'
The Bookseller

'Everyone who sets eyes on Ahlberg's and Briggs's Bert will wish him many more adventures.'
Times Educational Supplement

'A wonderfully breezy and anarchic collaboration.'
Michael Thorn writing in the TES