Funnybones

Product Information

Funnybones’ can be used in the classroom in several ways. In English lessons for example, children can learn to appreciate the use of rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, punctuation, speech and simple sentences. Pupils could explore the beginning of the story to help them write their own creative story with a repetitive refrain. In KS1 classes, the teacher could also use the book as a point of reference to explain how speech marks are used as well as other relevant punctuation. Funny bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is one of my most favorite childhood books!! The book is about…”a big skeleton…a little skeleton…and a dog skeleton…” one night all three were bored in bed and decided to go outside to “scare somebody”. The story goes on, the skeletons walk past the houses on the street, and the shops, and past the zoo, and past the police station and finally go to the park where they look for someone to scare! Als kind vond ik dit boek fantastisch en nu nog steeds! Er zitten komische details in de teksten en de tekeningen. Ondanks de thematiek is het totaal niet eng.

Funnybones" by Janet and Allen Ahlberg follows a day in the life of a skeleton family! This is entertaining for children to read as it shows a contrasting way of life to which they know. The skeletons wake up when everybody else goes to sleep and the nighttime is their daytime. Of course the town is deserted when they are awake as everybody else is asleep. They have to find imaginative ways to entertain themselves. This book is about three skeletons, the big skeleton, the little skeleton and the dog skeleton. They all lived on a dark dark hill, in a dark dark house.In the first book of this now classic series, we are taken down the dark, dark street to the dark, dark house and into the dark, dark cellar in which the skeletons live. When The Big Skeleton and The Little Skeleton become fed up with The Dog Skeleton they decide to swap him at the pet shop! Mr. Bonehead: The skeleton owner of the pet shop (who wore a bigger hat called a flat cap with a pencil and an apron), who Big and Little took Dog into with a view to swapping him for another pet etc. in the episode "The Pet Shop" and everything else in other episodes. This is a kid's book my husband showed me because he thought I might like it. Of course I was interested. Not only does it feature skeletons, which I love, but the cover glows in the dark!

This is how the story begins... On a dark dark hill there was a dark dark town. In the dark dark town there was a dark dark street." The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal. An eye-catching book – children will love poring over the contrasting illustrations while joining in with the repetition. A great book for sharing together.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. Watch the animated series and explain which you prefer. There are lots of episodes available online. Here is one of them: In the first ever Funnybones book, we are introduced to the wonderful humour and fun of the much-loved series. The Big Skeleton, The Little skeleton and The Dog Skeleton are fast asleep, dreaming about dinosaurs. But what started as a lovely dream suddenly gets a bit scary when the dinosaurs start chasing the skeletons - and these dinosaurs have roller skates! 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