Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection
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“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
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Additional information
| Publisher | Puffin (7 Oct. 2010) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 88 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 014133357X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0141333571 |
| Reading age | Baby – 5 years |
| Dimensions | 21.5 x 0.9 x 27.6 cm |
by Swampyajc
This was one of my favorite books from when I was a child and I now look forwards to reading it to my child.
In a dark, dark town there was a dark, dark street
and in the dark, dark street there was a dark, dark house…..
The book is superbly illustrated and is good quality.
by ZS
Such a memorable book from when I was little. Illustrations fun and stories exciting for a 4 year old ( my son particularly loves the night train one). We have since also watched the episodes on the internet which are just as fun. Originally bought it around Halloween but it’s remained a favourite throughout Christmas too!!!
by L. Howell
Debated whether these should have 3/4 stars.
I have a lot of love for Funnybones as I used to read it a lot as a child and read the original story to my then three year old lots of times, so thought I’d get him some of the others in the series.
You get 3 stories in this book and all of them aren’t great. For the most part it’s written in prose but here and there are parts that rhyme which make it a bit disjointed. As an adult I can see where they have added ‘humour’ but I don’t think this always translates well to a 3/4 year old yet….but there are parts like the injuries in Bumps in the Night that he does find very funny.
I was expecting more of the ‘in a dark dark street’ etc’ that starts and ends the original story, but it isn’t repeated much in these stories, which is a shame because as a family we liked repeating this together and is something the original is known for.
I also find that in the four Funnybones books we have its a theme that some of the story is implied by the pictures rather than the words you read, so my son doesn’t always ‘get the point’ of whats happened unless you then explain the pictures, which disrupts reading the story.
On the plus side, the illustrations are a bit different and it’s interesting that such an old book has two male skeletons living together and sharing a bed.
Of all the different books we read, it’s also noticeable that he repeats large sections of these ones word for word and doesn’t do that with other books we read. For example, there are two songs about the ghost train that he remembers and repeats word for word before I read them. He also loves the parts where the skeletons get injured and calls out the ‘clonk’ or ‘wow’ sounds, and the ‘howl’ from the dog.
So whilst as an adult I can see the gaps and would edge towards 3 stars (despite nostalgia!) my son definitely loves these books and as a kid I did as well. He would happily have all three stories every night, so something obviously works!!
by Amazon Customer
What’s not to love with this collection of classic stories. Bought it for my granddaughter having read all the books in this good value volume to her father when he was small.
You can’t beat the joy in reading of the adventures of ” a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton. Enjoy!
by vikkie
i remember these dark dark stories from when i was younger and they have proved to be a winner with my 3yr old twin girls.They love the pictures,which are very detailed,always spotting a new monster or spider hiding in the pages.
The best story by far is the ghost train to which we all shout “woo woo” every time we mention “ghost train” of course the girls love this and of course when we all have to sing the ghost train song (to the tune of the runaway train came down the track!) The only story which baffled me slightly but delighted the children all the same was the doctor bones/bump in the night one.it seems a little scatty and goes off course about half way though with some decorating going on but all the same its a good fun read and went down well in our house!
by Sally D.
This has been a favourite book for young nursery school aged children for many years. I recently bought it for my young great grandson. He loves the stories.
by Mrs.Susan Spedding
My grandsons love the original Funny Bones book so introducing them to a whole new set of stories was great. There was however a small print issue with the book when it arrived – one of the pages had gone through the printer with a small crease in it – but it didn’t spoil our enjoyment of the stories. The boys [age 3 + 5 ] love to re-enact the stories endlessly. The original is still their favourite though, the youngest loves the part where the dog falls apart and they have to try and put him back together.
by Deborah
Fast delivery. This book is great for young children, and they all love the funny skeletons.