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Sophie is asleep in her bed and she is having a lovely dream. She is dreaming about a day at the circus. What would happen if during the night elephants and lions, musicians and entertainers, clowns and ballet dancers came in your little room? The never ending and fascinating show of the circus seen from the eyes of a curious child in a very poetic tale accompanied by artistic illustrations.
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Sophie’s Dream by Dominique Guillemant Translations by Lisa Suett Illustrated by Paola Chartroux ELI Readers Founder and Series Editors Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)
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I’m Paola and I live in a fantastic city: Rome! I’ve been drawing and painting since I was young and I like mixing lots of different techniques together. I’ve drawn lots of things from advertisements to books for adults and children. I really like drawing…. and travelling. If you want to know more visit my website www. chx.it
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Hi, I’m Dominique. I was born in Arras, a little city in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, in France. I love reading stories to my children. But most of all, I love inventing them! I have a gorgeous turtle called Tarpea and I love doing D.I.Y.
Dominique Guillemant Sophie’s Dream
D. Guillemant Sophie’s Dream
Topics The world of circus Occupations Animals
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t’s late. Sophie is asleep in her bed and she is having a lovely dream. She is dreaming about a day at the circus. In her dream she meets Giggles the clown and Juliet the ballet dancer. Let’s go on an adventure with Sophie!
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Finally the circus comes to town. There are musicians, entertainers and animals. It’s time for the big parade.
Find the names of five animals in the big bass drum. Then read the name of the circus. It’s the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ circus!
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Giggles the clown gives the children balloons. Careful Giggles ... you might float away!
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The audience buy their entrance tickets. Sophie waits patiently in the queue!
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Activity Pages 1 Find the words and read the hidden sentence. Circus Dream Animals Musicians Stories Interval Caramel Tightrope
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Town Treats Balls Act Bed Hoop Ring
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A L M V F T P T C T
C C U H O O P R A I
T I S E F W B E R G
I R I T E N E A A H
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D C C O E A D T M T
R U I B A L L S E R
E S A R I N G P L O
A A N I M A L S L P
M O S T O R I E S E
I N T E R V A L E S
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2 Who does what? Match. 1 2 3 4 5 6 28
Sophie Giggles Albert Feather Snowflake Jojo
A walks along a tightrope B juggles with seven balls C has a lovely dream D can walk to the beat of the drum E gives the children balloons F is very tired
3 Find the words, read the hidden sentence and draw a picture. 1 2 3 4 lion
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animals: ___________________________________ instruments: _______________________________ parts of the circus: _________________________ entertainers: _______________________________ the
bass magician bigdrum eating
monkey
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ballet cymbals elephant children trumpet dancer ring
horse
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juggler
drum
candy floss
lion the tamer trombone scenes
bear
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