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Granny Fixit and the Monkeyby Jane CadwalladerIllustrated by Gustavo Mazali

ELI ReadersFounder and Series EditorsPaola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)

Graphic DesignAirone Comunicazione - Sergio Elisei

Design DepartmentAirone Comunicazione - Sergio Elisei

Production ManagerFrancesco Capitano

Typeset in 14 / 20 pt Monotype Plantin Schoolbook

© 2014 ELI s.r.l. P.O. Box 6 - 62019 Recanati MC - ItalyT +39 071750701 - F +39 071977851info@elionline.comwww.elionline.com

Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa Recanati - ERY120.01ISBN 978-88-536-1323-3

First edition: March 2014

SYLLABUS

Vocabulary areasanimals, family, clothes

Grammar and structurespresent simple, present continuousthere is / arehave got (for possession)can for requestslike + ingpronounsadjectives to show feelingsexpressions: Naughty monkey! What now? Oh dear! Be careful! Come here! Sorry! What an adventure!

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!

My name is Gustavo.I live in a very bigcity, Buenos Aires.I have been drawingall my life, ever sinceI was a child as I didn’t have a TV.I enjoy most of alldrawing comic stripsand picturing myselfand my kids in theillustrations thatI create.

In this funny adventure in a biopark a monkey takes Granny Fixit’s small yellow bag! What does the monkey take out of the bag? And what can Granny Fixit, Lucy and Bill do to get it back?

- Games and language activities- An audio recording of the story- A picture dictionary

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Stage 1Anonymous, Aladdin and the Magic LampD. Guillemant, Hooray for the HolidaysD. Guillemant, Sophie’s DreamJ. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the MonkeyJ. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Yellow StringJ. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the PirateJ. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Ball

Stage 2L.F. Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of OZJ. Cadwallader, PB3 and the Helping HandsJ. Cadwallader, PB3 and Coco the ClownJ. Cadwallader, PB3 and the VegetablesJ. Cadwallader, PB3 and the Jacket

Stage 3O. Wilde, The Canterville GhostJ. Cadwallader, Uncle Jack in the Amazon RainforestJ. Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the MeerkatsJ. Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Emperor PenguinsJ. Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Bakonzi TreeJ.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Stage 4J. London, White FangJ. Cadwallader, Harry and the Egyptian TombJ. Cadwallader, Harry and the Sports CompetitionJ. Cadwallader, Harry and an Electrical ProblemJ. Cadwallader, Harry and the CrownP. Bellini, The Secret PassageL. Carroll, Alice in WonderlandR. Kipling, The Jungle Book

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Lucy and Bill are cousins. They are friends

too! One day they go to a biopark with

their grandmother, Granny Fixit. They like

the biopark and they like Granny Fixit.

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Can we have some candyfloss

please?

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Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small

yellow bag. What’s in there?

Oh! It’s candyfloss! Granny Fixit gives Lucy

and Bill the candyfloss. Yummy Yummy!

Hmm … why is the young monkey watching

Granny Fixit?

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Here you are.

The children are happy but … oh dear!

The monkey is taking Granny Fixit’s bag!

Come back! Naughty monkey!

Thank you! You’re my favourite

granny!

Thank you!

Choose letters from Granny Fixit’s bag to finish the words. Number the pictures in the order they appear in the story.

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Find and write the 8 words.3

Look at me! beautiful monkey?A purple dress and I look like you!Flowers on my hat. yellow shoes.Aren’t I a What about that?

Look at me! round and round.And I can happy monkey.Up and down and dance to music too.I’m a I look like you!

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