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Books in Funnybones series

  • Funnybones

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    Paperback (Penguin UK, Sept. 30, 1999)
    The classic and beloved Funnybones by children's book superstars Janet and Allan Ahlberg.In this, the first ever Funnybones book of all, we are introduced to the wonderful humor and fun of the much-loved series. The Funnybones books are a must for children just starting to learn to read - these funny skeletons are definitely not the scary sort!Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: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!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
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  • Funnybones Ghost Train

    Allan Ahlberg, Andre Amstutz

    Paperback (Puffin, Sept. 5, 2006)
    The Ghost Train is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons, Funnybones. Despite being set in a dark dark house, this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! "Whoo-ooo-ooo!" It's midnight at the station and the three skeletons climb aboard the ghost train for a spooky ride. But they discover something even more scary! 'By far our best writer for the young' - Daily Telegraph Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books, including Peepo!, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman. Other titles in the Funnybones series include Funnybones, Mystery Tour, The Black Cat, The Pet Shop, Bumps in the Night, Dinosaur Dreams, Skeleton Crew, Give the Dog a Bone and A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection, all of which are available from Puffin.
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  • Funnybones: a Bone Rattling Collection

    Allan Ahlberg

    Paperback (Puffin, Nov. 23, 2010)
    A collection of the perennially popular Funny Bones books by Allan Ahlberg Celebrate thirty years of Funnybones with the spooky A Brilliant Bone-rattling Collection which contains three stories from Allan Ahlberg's, iconic children's picture book series about skeletons: The Ghost Train, Bumps in the Night and Skeleton Crew. This collection is perfect for early readers! In this big big book with its bright bright colours there is a dark dark house and in that dark dark house in a dark dark cellar live some . . . skeletons! Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: 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; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
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  • Bumps in the Night

    Alan Ahlberg, Andre Amstutz

    Hardcover (Egmont Childrens Books, May 20, 1993)
    The skeletons are having trouble no matter where they go in "Bumps in the Night". There's only one thing to do: "Send for Doctor Bones!". By the author of "Give the Dog a Bone".
  • Funnybones Dinosuar Dreams

    Allan Ahlberg, Andre Amstutz

    Paperback (Puffin, April 26, 2005)
    Dinosaur Dreams is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons, Funnybones. Despite being set in a dark dark house, this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! The big skeleton and the little skeleton are being chased by dinosaurs . . . in their dreams! Luckily dogs can dream too - and save the day. 'There can be few families in the British Isles who do not possess at least one well-thumbed Ahlberg' - Independent on Sunday Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created such award-winning children's picture books, including Peepo!, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman. Other titles in the Funnybones series include Funnybones, Mystery Tour, The Ghost Train, The Pet Shop, Bumps in the Night, The Black Cat, Skeleton Crew, Give the Dog a Bone and A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection, all of which are available from Puffin.
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  • Funnybones

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

    Paperback (Penguin UK, Dec. 1, 2017)
    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 . . .This frightfully funny Halloween classic tells the story of three skeletons—a big skeleton, a little skeleton, and a dog skeleton—who venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, only to find that everyone is in bed. Who will they scare now?!
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  • Funnybones

    Allan Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Penguin Books, Limited (UK), Sept. 24, 2015)
    This is the first book in the FUNNYBONES series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton. 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.
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  • Skeleton Crew

    Allan Ahlberg, Andre Amstutz

    Paperback (Mulberry Books, Aug. 1, 1992)
    Beginning readers can follow every minute of the skeleton family's fishing vacation, which gets stopped short by a gang of pirates. Simultaneous.
  • Funnybones Mystery Tour

    Allan Ahlberg, Allan Amstutz

    Paperback (Puffin, Sept. 5, 2006)
    Mystery Tour is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons, Funnybones. Despite being set in a dark dark house, this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! One dark dark night the three skeletons go driving and solve six mysteries. Lots of things look and sound mysterious in the dark but the last mystery is the most important of all - if they don't solve it, they can't go home! 'By far our best writer for the young' - Daily Telegraph Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books, including Peepo!, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman. Other titles in the Funnybones series include Funnybones, The Ghost Train, The Black Cat, The Pet Shop, Bumps in the Night, Dinosaur Dreams, Skeleton Crew, Give the Dog a Bone and A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection, all of which are available from Puffin.
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  • Funnybones

    Allan Ahlberg, Janet; Ahlberg

    Hardcover (HEINEMANN, LONDON, March 15, 1980)
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  • Funny Bones: The Collection

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Audio CD (Penguin UK, Jan. 1, 2018)
    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 AhlbergAllan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: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; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
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  • Funnybones

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Library Binding (William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1981)
    A group of skeletons lives on a dark hill, in a dark house, in a dark cellar, but there is no one to frighten but themselves
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