This is quite a time consuming task for the two of them and dog skeleton’s body ends up slightly higgledy piggledy to say the least. Rood End Primary enters its two best teams, but there are a few others who want to make their mark too. BBCV 4871), which contained all twelve episodes, was released soon after the series ended, but this is now out of print.

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. In the classroom, teachers could discuss the importance of skeletons and the names of important bones. This first and original, Funnybones has become a classic, with many further books in the series to follow about the "Funnybones" family. Due to its cross curricular features of literacy and science, it’s definitely a core literacy text which I’d use in the classroom.I recently read this to my little boy and not only was it nostalgic for me but it was a fun, enjoyable read for us both. I really liked the illustrations on the book, as the picture of the skeletons was on a black background with white writing.

Also, the illustrations are very bold and colourful; they would certainly help children with inference. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Funnybones written by Janet Ahlberg which was published in January 1, 1980. Big skeleton and little skeleton wake up in the middle of the night with the intention of going into town to find someone to scare. 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”.Join The Big Skeleton, The Little Skeleton and The Dog Skeleton for THREE hilarious and action-packed adventures, in this thirty-year anniversary collection.

Ideas Included Being Firefighters, Flying like Birds, Being Kings, Going to Live on the Moon, Being a Famous Rockstar, Being Invisible etc. The skeletons all decide to go outside to frighten somebody, but when they cannot find anyone else, they end up frightening each other. Yet how many times have we as parents asked children to wait or told them to do it in no uncertain terms? Repetition is used constantly throughout the text, "dark" is repeated perhaps the most, its repetition is effective as it really helps to build atmosphere and set the nightime scene. When dog skeleton has an accident resulting in him breaking to pieces, big skeleton and little skeleton put him back together after many attempts.Early Learning HQ is home to thousands of primary school / early years teaching resources, some of which are completely free to download. After deciding to put dog back together, and singing a famous song about bones as they do, they get the bones mixed up. This is a great book to use with early readers and KS1; it is a light hearted, comical read and is bound to put a smile on your face. The class teacher reads the story aloud to the children and then uses a range of techniques to assess their learning. Burglar Bill; Cops and Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; The Baby's Catalogue; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!