What do you think? They had a lot of fun, but one picture shows the three skeletons running away from a skeleton of a crocodile ... One night the skeletons decide to take their dog for a walk and frighten somebody. That's what skeletons are supposed to do, right? So off they go. But during the dark, dark night, the skeletons like to come out to play… in the park, in the zoo and even all the way home, singing songs and scaring each other.

During the remainder of their adventure, they take a trip to the zoo and continue to hunt for some people to scare. As the night draws on, they come to the conclusion that everyone’s in bed so they decide to scare one another! Funnybones: Bumps in The Night - No matter where they are, the two skeletons keep going bump in the night - clonk! Create a character profile for each of the skeletons. What are their real names? What are their personalities like? What are their favourite things? Draw around somebody you know on a large piece of paper and label the different bones inside their body on it.

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The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Bumps in the Night 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! A special edition of this classic picture book to celebrate its 40th anniversary - with a glow-in-the-dark cover! There is a dark dark house and in that dark dark house in a dark dark cellar live some . . . skeletons! Dog gets left behind when Big and Little decide to visit the dark, dark dinosaur museum. When Dog follows Big and Little to the dinosaur museum, he thinks a huge, huge dinosaur wanted to hurt them. 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.

It's such a fun quirky tale as both big and little skeleton decided to see if they can scare someone whilst taking dog skeleton for a night time walk. 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! Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books.

There are lots of examples of onomatopoeia in the story (e.g. woof, miaow, boo). Can you think of any more? Funnybones, is a fantastic children’s story book which is still used in literacy sessions in the classroom. It’s a perfect book for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and into the earlier years of Key Stage One. During placement within the EYFS the children have a literacy carpet session every day which consists of one core book a week. Currently, the nursery class I’m working with have been reading the Funnybones book. The class teacher reads the story aloud to the children and then uses a range of techniques to assess their learning. The vast majority of the children are able to join in with the repetitive refrains which are used throughout the book, for example, ‘on a dark, dark hill, there was a dark, dark town. In the dark, dark town, there was a dark, dark street’ etc. Both the teacher and the children additionally use actions in particular sections of the story. These are used for the characters, big skeleton, little skeleton, dog skeleton, and objects such as the swings etc. It’s a technique which includes the children in the story telling process and further encourages them to remain engaged throughout the carpet session.Little: The smaller skeleton brother (who was without a hat), but came up with many ideas for the crew to do in every episode.