Funny Stories For 8-Year-Olds is a bright & varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children Perfect for reading alone or aloud
- & for dipping into time & time again With stories from Judy Blume Anne Fine Dick King-Smith Morris Gleitzman & many more this book will provide hours of fantastic fun
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Triple bill featuring three popular comedies &A Cock & Bull Story& (2005) is an offbeat comedy about an attempt to film Laurence Sterne&s &unfilmable& 18th century novel & The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy& Crossing the line between the world of the film & the life of the actors trying to make it Steve Coogan plays both himself & Tristram Shandy while Rob Brydon plays himself & Toby As both comedians find their working relationship off-set by professional jealousies in the world of the film the affable eccentric Toby is pursued by the beautiful Widow Wadman (Gillian Anderson) as Tristram finds the story of his life increasingly difficult to tell without getting drawn into lengthy digressions & It&s All Gone Pete Tong& (2005) is a touching mockumentary from director Michael Dowse Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye) is the hearing-impaired DJ who delights the clubbers on the island of Ibiza by coupling his larger-than-life drug & alcohol-fuelled persona with undeniable skills behind the turntables But as Frankie&s hearing rapidly disintegrates & his former manager wife friends & record label slowly fade away the distraught DJ plunges into the depths of despair & Grand Theft Parsons& (2003) is based on the true story of pioneering country rock musician Gram Parsons (Gabriel Macht) who died of a drug overdose in 1973 Before he died he & his close friend Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxville) promised each other that whichever man died first the other would take his remains to the beautiful desert location of Joshua Tree in California & release the dead man&s spirit by setting fire to the body True to his word Kaufman rushes to carry out his promise as soon as he hears of his friend&s demise
- but he hasn&t counted on the adverse reactions of Gram&s gold-digging ex-girlfriend Barbara Mansfield (Christina Applegate) or the simple wishes of his father Stanley (Robert Foster) A bizarre chase across the desert ensues with Kaufman enlisting the help of his spaced-out hippy friend Larry Oster-Berg (Michael Shannon) who happens to own a hearse
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The classic & beloved Funnybones by children&s book superstars Janet & Allan Ahlberg In the first ever Funnybones book we are introduced to the wonderful humour & 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 & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children&s picture books The Ahlbergs& books are nursery bookshelf standards & have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim & awards including the Kate Greenaway Medal Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg Burglar Bill; Cops & Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One & 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 & Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark & Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll & Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
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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 & 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 & in that dark dark house in a dark dark cellar live some skeletons! Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards & have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim & awards including the Kate Greenaway Medal Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg Burglar Bill; Cops & Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One & 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 & Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark & Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll & Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill ...

This is how the story begins On a dark dark hillthere was a dark dark town In the dark dark townthere was a dark dark street This new edition of the classic story

Includes:: an accompanying CD featuring the story read by acclaimed comic actor Stephen Mangan Janet & Allan&s frightfully funny Hallowe&en classic tells the story of three skeletons
- a big skeleton a little skeleton & 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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Give the Dog a Bone 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 dog skeleton is falling apart
- bits of him are dropping off
- bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces & put him back together again?' By far our best writer for the young'- Daily Telegraph Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books including Peepo! Each Peach Pear Plum & 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 Mystery Tour & A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection all of which are available from Puffin

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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 & solve six mysteries Lots of things look & 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 & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books including Peepo! Each Peach Pear Plum & 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 & A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection all of which are available from Puffin

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Zzz! The three skeletons enjoy a holiday on-board their little boat But one night
- Yo-ho-ho
- the pirates come & put them out

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In a dark dark street There is a dark dark house In this FUNNYBONES story the skeletons go sledging
- WHEE!
- & crashing
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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 & 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 & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books including Peepo! Each Peach Pear Plum & 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 & A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection all of which are available from Puffin
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