The Better Brown Stories Author:Allan Ahlberg The Browns are not like other storybook characters--they're bored with their story! So off they go to visit the Writer, demanding more excitement. Less homework. Less housework. No French tests. We want a better story! they demand. Instead they get five stories filled with adventure and mayhem. If I had the chance to choose a writer for when I ... more »was a little youngera gentler writer than Roald Dahl but just as clear-sighted and consoling, I would pick Allan Ahlberg. --Nina Bawden, author of The Real Plato Jones« less