Young Readers

Jane Cadwallader

Granny Fixit
and the Ball
Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
2 t’s a beautiful day. There are some children Oh! There’s Granny Fixit! She’s talking to a boy
playing in the park. with a ball.
They’re playing basketball and football
and riding bikes and skateboarding.
Everyone is very happy.

Hello!
I’m Granny Fixit.
What’s your
name?

My name’s
Paul.

2 3
 Paul kicks the ball and… Oh dear! The ball is in the tree and … now it’s
time for lunch!

Oh, I’m hungry!

my ball! Let’s go!

Ooops!

4 5
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!
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!

Just a minute
please!

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 Granny Fixit has the ball. She puts it on her head. Granny Fixit puts the ball under the tree
But the ball isn’t happy! and goes to sleep.
Now the ball is happy!

Oh!
I don’t like
this!
Be quiet!
Don’t worry!

Thank you
Granny Fixit!

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 Activity Pages 2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.

1 Label the pictures. Draw a line to show, nny Fixitb

G ra

alldo g
in order, where the ball goes in the story.
xitf oo t ba l l
Paul tree squirrel y F i
n

Pa
dog Granny Fixit cat u lf g G r an
o otba lldo

The small ______

dog has the ____________ .
The small ______ has the ____________ .
__________ __________ , can you fix it?
__________ __________ , can you fix it?
Paul
________ Can you get the ________ for ________ ?

tree
___________

3 Match.
______________ Page
1 Granny Fixit has a bone. 9
2 Paul is playing football. 16
___________
3 The cat has the ball. 25

___________ 4 The squirrel is smiling. 15

___________ 5 Granny Fixit is asleep. 4

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4 Look and write. 5 Finish the drawings. Use the words to fill
the gaps in the sentences.
bag ladder dog ball car boy bone tree
fish
motorbike cat car
squirrel lorry tree bus

A B

1 Every day I give my dog a ________

bone .
2 I go to school by ________ .
3 A squirrel can climb a ________ .
4 I like playing with a ________ .
5 Paul is a ________ .
In both A and B there’s
a cat
_________________________________________________ 6 Number the faces.
1 The ball is happy.
In A there’s In B there’s 2 The ball is angry.
a dog
______________________ a ladder
______________________ 3 The ball isn’t happy.
______________________ ______________________ 4 Granny Fixit is happy.
______________________ ______________________ 5 The ball is very happy.
______________________ ______________________ 6 Granny Fixit isn’t happy. 4

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 PICTURE DICTIONARY
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8 Do you like the story? Draw your face.

= I love the story!

= I like the story. fish
= I quite like the story.
= I don’t like the story.

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A hilarious PICTURE DICTIONARY SYLLABUS

adventure with Granny Fixit and the Ball Vocabulary areas

Sports and leisure, transport, animals,
Granny Fixit, adjectives to describe feelings
a magic bag Grammar and structures
and a ball. Present simple
Present progressive
My name is Jane and Imperatives
I live in a beautiful Have for possession
lorries lunch
Spanish city, Madrid. There is / There are
I’m an English author Can for ability
of children’s books. Question words: what? / where? / who?
I’ve always loved Conjunctions: and / but
creating stories and
songs for children.
The best ideas
come to me while…
I’m jogging!

motorbikes
Young ELI Readers

Stage 1
Dominique Guillemant, Hooray for the Holidays
(to) smile Dominique Guillemant, Sophie’s Dream
skateboard Jane Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Ball
Jane Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Pirate
I live in a very big
city, Buenos Aires. Stage 2
I have been drawing Jane Cadwallader, PB3 and the Vegetables
all my life, ever since Jane Cadwallader, PB3 and the Jacket
I was a child Rudyard Kypling, The Jungle Book
Jane street as I didn’t have a TV.
Cadwallader I enjoy most of all Stage 3
drawing comic strips Jane Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Bakonzi Tree
and picturing myself Jane Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Emperor Penguins
Granny and my kids in the J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan
illustrations that
Fixit I create. Stage 4
Jane Cadwallader, Harry and an Electrical
and the Problem
Jane Cadwallader, Harry and the Crown
Ball squirrel tree Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
 YOUNG JARIR & ELI READERS ( PRIMARY )

Stage Title w/ video ISBN

1 Sophie’s Dream + CD 978-9948-22-149-4

Hooray for the Holidays! + CD 978-9948-22-150-0
Granny Fixit and the Ball + CD 978-9948-22-151-7
Granny Fixit and the Pirate + CD 978-9948-22-152-4
Granny Fixit and the Yellow String + CD 978-9948-22-153-1
Aladdin + CD 978-9948-22-154-8
2 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz + CD 978-9948-22-155-5
primary grade 1 - 6

PB3 and the Vegetables + CD 978-9948-22-156-2

PB3 and the Jacket + CD 978-9948-22-157-9
PB3 and Coco the Clown + CD 978-9948-22-158-6
PB3 and the Helping Hands + CD 978-9948-22-159-3
3 Uncle Jack and the Bakonzi Tree + CD 978-9948-22-160-9
Uncle jack and the Emperor Penguins + CD 978-9948-22-161-6
The Canterville Ghost + CD 978-9948-22-162-3
Uncle Jack and the Meerkats + CD 978-9948-22-163-0
Peter Pan + CD 978-9948-22-164-7

4 Harry and the Crown + CD 978-9948-22-165-4

Harry and the Egyptian Tomb + CD 978-9948-22-166-1
The Secret Passage + CD 978-9948-22-167-8
White Fang + CD 978-9948-22-168-5

YOUNG ADULT JARIR & ELI READERS ( SECONDARY )

3 Sense and Sensibility + CD 978-9948-22-202-6
intermediate

Macbeth + CD 978-9948-22-203-3
The Picture of Dorian Gray + CD 978-9948-22-204-0

4 Stories of Mystery and Suspense + CD 978-9948-22-205-7

upper intermediate

Dubliners + CD 978-9948-22-206-4
The Turn of the Screw + CD 978-9948-22-196-8
Frankenstein + CD 978-9948-22-197-5

5 Mrs. Dalloway + CD 978-9948-22-198-2

proficiency advanced

The Great Gatsby + CD 978-9948-22-199-9

6 A Collection of First World War Poetry + CD 978-9948-22-200-2

Heart of Darkness + CD 978-9948-22-201-9