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Funnybones

11 books in this series
Funnybones: Give the Dog a Bone
Funnybones: Give the Dog a Bone
On a dark dark hill
in a dark dark garden
there is a little bony dog...

What's a dog to do without his bone?

In this FUNNYBONES story, Dog Skeleton is falling apart, bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces and put him back together again?
Funnybones: The Ghost Train
Funnybones: The Ghost Train
Down a dark dark street
There is a dark dark station
And in the dark dark station
There is a ghost train!

In this FUNNYBONES story, the Big Skeleton, the Little Skeleton and Dog Skeleton take a trip to the Ghost-Town-By-Sea!
Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection
Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection
"The ghostly train goes down the track with a WHOOOOOO!"

Join The Big Skeleton, The Little Skeleton and The Dog Skeleton for THREE hilarious and action-packed adventures, in this thirty-year anniversary collection. Perfect for bedtime, a Bone Rattling Collection contains three of the most-loved Funnybones stories. Including:

Funnybones: The Ghost Train - Hop aboard for a night the Funnybones skeletons will NEVER forget

Funnybones: Bumps in The Night - No matter where they are, the two skeletons keep going bump in the night - clonk!

Funnybones: Skeleton Crew - "Zzz!" The three skeletons enjoy a holiday on their little boat. But what happens when a PIRATE comes aboard?

Packed with bright illustrations and easy to read text, this brilliant Bone Rattling Collection has delighted children for generations.


Can't get enough of the Funnybones skeletons? Discover:

Funnybones: The Black Cat
Funnybones: The Pet Shop
Funnybones: Dinosaur Dream
Funnybones: Bumps in the Night
Funnybones: Bumps in the Night
In a dark dark street
There is a dark dark house
And in the dark dark house . . .

In this FUNNYBONES story, the big skeleton and the little skeleton go - "CLONK!" - bump in the night and have to send for Dr Bones to be put back together again!
Funnybones: Dinosaur Dreams
Funnybones: Dinosaur Dreams
In a dark dark street
There is a dark dark house
And in the dark dark house . . .

In this FUNNYBONES story, the Big Skeleton and the LIttle Skeleton are being chased by dinosaurs . . . in their dreams!
Funnybones: The Collection
Funnybones: The Collection
Penguin presents Funny Bones: The Collection by Allan Ahlberg, read by Stephen Mangan.

An audio collection of the perennially popular Funny Bones books by Allan Ahlberg
Funnybones: The Black Cat
Funnybones: The Black Cat
In a dark dark street
There is a dark dark house . . .

In this FUNNYBONES story, the skeletons go sledging - WHEE! - and crashing - BANG!

They can't see their bones in the white snow but they can see a black cat . . . until she slips into their dark, dark cellar . . .
Funnybones: The Pet Shop
Funnybones: The Pet Shop
"All he does is DIG holes - and BARK!"
"WOOF!" Barks the dog.


When The Big Skeleton and The Little Skeleton become fed up with The Dog Skeleton they decide to swap him at the pet shop!

They start off with a goldfish but soon get tired of him and swap him for a parrot - but soon they get bored of him too . . . Eventually the pet shop owner gives them a box to take home with a surprise pet inside.

What do you think it will be?

Can't get enough of the Funnybones skeletons? Discover:
Funnybones: The Black Cat
The Funnybones Collection
Funnybones
Funnybones
This is the first book in the FUNNYBONES series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton. 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.
Funnybones: Mystery Tour
Funnybones: Mystery Tour
The three skeletons go out in their car one night in search of a mystery. They discover that lots of things look mysterious in the dark, including a black cat on a roof and a ghost on a train in a dark tunnel.
Funnybones: Skeleton Crew
Funnybones: Skeleton Crew
The three skeletons enjoy a holiday on board their little boat. But one night - "Yo-ho-ho" - the pirates come and put them out to sea on a tiny raft, launching them on an oceanful of new adventures.

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