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A hilarious adventure with Granny Fixit, a magic bag and a ball. This is a story about Granny Fixit and a boy who loses his ball. There’s a skateboard chase through the town when a dog, a cat and then a squirrel take the ball. Can Granny Fixit get the ball back for the boy?
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Granny Fixit and the Pirate by Jane Cadwallader Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali ELI Readers Founder and Series Editors Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director) Eli Design Department Sergio Elisei Production Manager Francesco Capitano
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I live in a very big city, Buenos Aires. I have been drawing all my life, ever since I was a child as I didn’t have a TV. I enjoy most of all drawing comic strips and picturing myself and my kids in the illustrations that I create.
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My name is Jane and I live in a beautiful Spanish city, Madrid. I’m an English author of children’s books. I’ve always loved creating stories and songs for children. The best ideas come to me while… I’m jogging!
Jane Cadwallader Granny Fixit and the Ball
J. Cadwallader Granny Fixit and the Ball
Vocabulary areas Animals, Furniture, Numbers, Colours
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Jane Cadwallader
Granny Fixit and the Ball Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
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t’s a beautiful day. There are some children playing in the park. They’re playing basketball and football and riding bikes and skateboarding. Everyone is very happy.
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Oh! There’s Granny Fixit! She’s talking to a boy with a ball.
Hello! I’m Granny Fixit. What’s your name?
My name’s Paul. 3
Paul kicks the ball and…
Ooops!
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Oh dear! The ball is in the tree and … now it’s time for lunch!
Oh, my ball!
I’m hungry! Let’s go!
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Now the park is quiet. Or … is it? Granny Fixit is talking to the ball! The ball isn’t happy!
Help! I don’t like this!
Just a minute please!
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Granny Fixit wants to help the ball. She puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? Oh, it’s a ladder! A LONG ladder!
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Granny Fixit has the ball. She puts it on her head. But the ball isn’t happy!
Oh! I don’t like this! Be quiet! Don’t worry!
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Granny Fixit puts the ball under the tree and goes to sleep. Now the ball is happy!
Thank you Granny Fixit!
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Oh no! A dog has the ball! Granny Fixit isn’t happy!
Oh good! A ball! A ball for me!
Come back!
Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 10
It’s a skateboard! The dog goes away with the ball. The ball isn’t happy! Granny Fixit jumps on the skateboard. She wants to get the ball!
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Granny Fixit and the dog are in the street. There are a lot of cars and lorries and motorbikes and buses!
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3 The small dog has the football!
The small dog has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball for Paul? 13
4 Granny Fixit wants the ball!
Wait!
Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 14
Activity Pages 1 Label the pictures. Draw a line to show, in order, where the ball goes in the story. Paul dog
tree
squirrel Granny Fixit cat
Paul ________ tree ___________ ______________
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2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.
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dog has the ____________ . The small ______ The small ______ has the ____________ . __________ __________ , can you fix it? __________ __________ , can you fix it? Can you get the ________ for ________ ?
3 Match. 1 Granny Fixit has a bone.
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2 Paul is playing football.
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3 The cat has the ball.
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4 The squirrel is smiling.
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5 Granny Fixit is asleep.
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4 Look and write.
fish
bag
ladder
motorbike cat lorry squirrel A
dog car
tree
bus
B
In both A and B there’s a cat _________________________________________________
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In A there’s a dog ______________________
In B there’s a ladder ______________________
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5 Finish the drawings. Use the words to fill the gaps in the sentences. ball
1 2 3 4 5
car
boy
bone
tree
bone . Every day I give my dog a ________ I go to school by ________ . A squirrel can climb a ________ . I like playing with a ________ . Paul is a ________ .
6 Number the faces. 1 The ball is happy. 2 The ball is angry. 3 The ball isn’t happy. 4 Granny Fixit is happy. 5 The ball is very happy. 6 Granny Fixit isn’t happy.
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7 Read and draw. d r a o b e t a k s 1 __________________ l l a b t o o f 3 __________________
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a b t e k s a b 2 __________________
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8 Do you like the story? Draw your face. = I love the story! = I like the story. = I quite like the story. = I don’t like the story. 32