Funnybones

Allan Ahlberg (Reino Unido, 1938). Antes de convertirse en escritor para niños fue maestro en educación básica. Los libros que realizó con su esposa Jane Ahlberg se han convertido en clásicos de la literatura infantil contemporánea.

Sus textos son ingeniosos, en ellos es capaz de convertir lugares y situaciones comunes en excepcionales. Además ha ganado numerosos premios entre los que destacan la medalla “Kate Greenaway” en 1991 y el “British Book Award” en 1989.

La opinión de los lectores sobre Funnybones:

“The simple story of two skeletons and their skeletal dog on an adventure through their town at night is charming and funny. They are looking for someone to scare, but find nobody and resort to giving each other a fright instead! They even encounter a zoo full of skeletal animals on their way. The lovely illustrations enhance the story, and the repetition throughout the book makes it perfect for early readers.”. From goodreads.com

“I enjoyed this book as it is written in a poetic style making it a pleasure to read aloud for young children and enjoyable for new readers to use in order to gain confidence. The characters also speak with speech bubbles so while the adult reads the more complicated text aloud the children can have a go at reading the simple, humorous phrases the skeletons say.”. From goodreads.com

“Leo really enjoys reading the Funnybones series of books. He loves the repetition and familiar characters; big skeleton, little skeleton and dog skeleton. In this story the skeletons try to find someone to frighten and they sing songs when they have to put the dog back together again. Leo liked to join in with scratching his skull as we read the story.”. From toppsta.com