Funnybones is a great short story that decpicts the tale of three skeletons, big skeleton, little skeleton and dog skeleton. The three skeletons go out for a night walk with the intentions of scaring some people, however they can't find anyone to scare. During the course of the walk they visit the zoo, re-assemble the dog skeleton and set about scaring each other. A BBC video, entitled, Funnybones – Bumps in the Night (Cat. No. BBCV 4871), which contained all twelve episodes, was released soon after the series ended, but this is now out of print. The VHS tape was also released in Bulgaria and Australia, respectively by the companies Proxima Entertainment and ABC Video (but in the former case, it was dubbed into Bulgarian).

Dog: The pet dog of the skeleton brothers who loved bones, digging holes, and found everything that the skeleton brothers need. They live in a dark, dark cellar of a dark, dark house on a dark, dark hill and so the word repetition continues through this lighthearted story for early readers. The skeletons venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, but everyone is in bed, so they amuse themselves by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals that live in the zoo. Teaching Ideas and Resources: English

The Funnybones books are a must for children just starting to learn to read - these funny skeletons are definitely not the scary sort! Dr. Bones: The skeleton doctor (who wore a doctor's coat and glasses with a first aid kit, a stethoscope and a leg tapping hammer) who helped Big and Little to stop them from bumping in the night and everything else etc. in the episode "Bumps in the Night" and everything else in other episodes.

The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Oh, and if you're teaching lessons about the story Funnybones, we've got lots more activities for that too. Simply explore our Funnybones Collection. I bring Chloe for safe, fun day play so she is not alone on the days that I work. The staff treats Chloe as if she were their dog - she feels very loved! I tell everyone about Funnybones. The staff is very caring and they actually play with the dogs, not just sit and watch them.” The story includes lots of speech. Can you use this to create a play script and perform it for others?In Year 1, children will learn to name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body. This is expanded on in Year 2 when children will look at the differences between living and dead things. The use of repetitive language and songs further add to the stories features and add a great amount of fun and laughter when the story is read aloud. Both the adults reading the text and children can join in with this. I feel that it cannot only be used as a literacy focus, but the story itself has scientific features. Children are able to extend their biological knowledge of the structure of the human skeleton. This will assist in enlarging their language vocabulary. To make the topic of skeletons more child-friendly and engaging for your students, we've based these resources on the popular children's book Funnybones about a family of skeletons. You can get children to make their own moving skeleton after you've read the story together. Funnybones is by far the best thing that has every happened to our dogs! We have two active Labs and Funnybones allows them to safely expend all of their energy. Their love for animals shows in everything they do. Honestly, we wouldn’t trust our pups to anyone else!”

Have fun and join in with this In a Dark House song, which has been set to the familiar tune 'Are You Sleeping'. Support your child's pencil control and letter shape formation with these lovely worksheets that aims to get them to trace along the dotted lines to complete the images on this theme.Little gets bored with the quiet life on the dark, dark hill. So he decides to go to the city before he gets worried about Big and Dog getting lost. "There are too many skeletons" says the Big Skeleton in the city and even the underground has them. Allan Ahlberg and his wife Janet have written and illustrated more than 100 books which have been read and loved by children all over the world. Here are a few suggestions for which ones to read next: Everything in Burglar Bill's life is stolen: from the toast, marmalade and coffee he has for breakfast to the bed he sleeps in. One night, while out burgling, he stumbles across a mysterious box on a doorstep. So of course Burglar Bill steals the box, only to get home and discover he has stolen… a baby! This hilarious read is a brilliantly-fun bedtime story with a ‘happily ever after’ that will soothe your own little one into a restful slumber. It is a particularly dark, dark night tonight, and Big and Little keep bumping into each other, making them fall to pieces, and there is only one thing to do: send in Dr. Bones, who does a great job of patching them up to stop them from bumping in the night.

Janet and Allan Ahlberg's Funnybones stories are classic family favourites. Funnybones was published in 1980 and it's illustrated by Janet Ahlberg while Allan Ahlberg wrote the words. It takes place in a dark, dark town in a dark, dark house with two skeletons, Big and Little, and their skeleton Dog. Each Funnybones story is filled with all sorts of exciting adventures and songs that your children can have fun reading along with. More stories by Allen and Janet Ahlberg The author uses ‘word repetition’ throughout the book to make it enjoyable to the reader and also to make it humorous. A song is also included in the book, and I remember as a child reading the book over and over again and singing along out loud!

One night the skeletons decide to take their dog for a walk and frighten somebody. That's what skeletons are supposed to do, right? So off they go.