PB3 and Coco the clown

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PB3 and Coco the Clown How PB3 and Robin help to save a life and a love!

PB3 and his robot are excited to find themselves in a circus! Elephants and jugglers and an acrobat and a clown! They go with Sally to have tea in Coco the clown’s motorhome, visit the circus school and finally the big top. Little did they suspect that the excitement is just about to begin!

Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

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PB3 and Coco the Clown

by Jane Cadwallader Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

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Tags Circus Family

My name is Gustavo.

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.

and Coco the Clown

PB3 AND COCO THE CLOWN

Grammar and structures Present simple Present progressive Verb + infinitive Infinitive of purpose There is / There are Prepositions of place and movement Possessive adjectives Descriptive adjectives Question words: Who? / What? / Why? / Where?

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JANE CADWALLADER

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!

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PB3 and Coco the Clown Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

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t’s night. Sally is with her uncle Coco the clown in his circus motorhome.

They are having dinner. Suddenly they hear a strange noise WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

What’s that!

I don’t know!

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What can it be? It’s round and grey.

OH! It’s a SPACESHIP!

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Sally and Coco run outside.

A small ET and a robot are coming down the stairs of the spaceship.

Hello.

My name is PB3 and this is my robot, Robin.

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My name is Sally and this is my uncle, Coco the clown.

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PB3 and Robin are very surprised.

On Planet P3 they don’t have animals, or motorhomes or even many different colours (they only have black, grey, green and white).

Look at those funny houses!

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Those aren’t houses! They’re elephants!

Ha! Ha! This is a circus.

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Coco and Sally invite PB3 and Robin to have a cup of tea.

Do you like tea?

I don’t know.

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Sally is showing PB3 some photos of her family.

Her father is a juggler. His name is Juggler Jim and he’s very clever! Robin is taking photos of the tea.

Beautiful balls!

Orange and blue and yellow and red and purple!

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Tea! Brown and hot and wet!

Sally’s mother, Ellie, and her aunt Mary are elephant trainers. They are both short but very strong!

These are my mum and my aunt Mary.

They love elephants!

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Oh! Here’s another photo. It’s behind the photo of Sally’s mother and the elephants. It’s a photo of Katya. She’s an acrobat and the circus schoolteacher. She’s very beautiful!

Is this another aunt?

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No. It’s Katya.

Why is her photo here Uncle Coco?

It’s time for you to go to bed Sally!

The next morning Sally goes to the circus school.

She invites PB3 and Robin to go with her.

Hello.

Welcome to the circus school!

These are my new friends PB3 and Robin.

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Oh! There’s Coco! What’s he doing on that elephant? He has some flowers for Katya.

He wants to give them to her … but Katya thinks he is just practising for the show.

Coco is practising!

Well done Coco!

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It’s afternoon. School is finished. PB3 and Robin go to Sally’s motorhome to have lunch with her mum and dad.

Goodbye Katya!

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After lunch they help Coco to get dressed for the show. He wears big yellow trousers and very big black shoes, a pink and green shirt, a blue hat and a purple coat.

What a funny nose!

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It’s a beautiful nose!

It’s my clown’s nose.

It’s evening and time for the show to begin. The people are going into the big top. There’s Coco.

He has a big red nose, a big red mouth and two very big ears! Coco is giving all the children a balloon and a big welcome.

Welcome to the circus!

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PB3 and Robin love the circus! Coco is riding a bike. It’s a very small bike! Oops! What a funny bike! It’s only got one wheel! PB3 and Robin wave hello to Katya and she waves back.

Look!

There’s Katya!

Hello Katya!

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Come to the circus.

It’s r ight here in town There’s Katya the acrobat And Coco the clown. !

So … Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray Come to the circus today Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray!

It’s here in town today!

Come to the circus Jim the juggler’s great! ou can r ide on an elephant y d n A Come now! Don’t be late! !

So … Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray Come to the circus today Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray!

It’s here in town today!

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4 It’s time for Katya’s act. Katya goes up and up

and up and up! Coco pulls some flowers from his coat for Katya. He wants to give them to her … but Katya thinks it’s just part of the show.

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Katya is walking on a rope up in the Big Top. EVERYONE is watching her.

Hm! That’s difficult!

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SUDDENLY Katya starts to fall! Everyone’s surprised!

OOPS!

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Be careful Katya!

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Coco is standing under Katya.

He has his arms open to catch her.

BE CAREFUL UNCLE COCO!!

Look at the acrobat! She’s falling!

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PB3 hits a button on Robin’s control panel and a strong wind goes round the circus. The wind is picking up all the balloons.

Hey! My balloon!

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The wind carries all the balloons to the centre of the ring. Now we can’t see Coco. Katya is falling down and down.

Where’s the clown?

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Look at the balloons!

Then Katya falls into the balloons. Now we can’t see Coco or Katya!

Where’s Uncle Coco? Where’s Katya?

Where’s the clown? Where’s Katya?

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The balloons stopped Katya from being hurt. Katya and Coco come out from the balloons.

There’s Katya!

There’s the clown!

Thank you PB3 and Robin!

Thank you!

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What a wonderful show!

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Come to the circus.

It’s r ight here in town There’s Katya the acrobat And Coco the clown. !

So … Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray Come to the circus today Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray!

It’s here in town today!

Come to the circus Jim the juggler’s great! ou can r ide on an elephant A nd y Come now! Don’t be late!

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So … Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray Come to the circus today Hur ray! Hur ray! Hur ray!

It’s here in town today!

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Activity Pages 1 Put the sentences in order.

Number the pictures.

1 circus. • They • go • to • a 2 They • Coco • meet • and • Sally.

3 falls. • Katya 4 PB3 • help. • and • Robin 5 says • Sally • thank • you.

1

________ ________ ________ ________ They ________ go to a circus.

2

________ ________ ________ ________ ________

3

________ ________

4

________ ________ ________ ________

5

________ ________ ________ ________

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2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song. elephant

juggler

acrobat late

clown town

circus

circus. (triangle) Come to the _____________ It’s right here in _____________. (circle and triangle) There’s Katya the _____________ (square) And Coco the _____________ (triangle and rectangle) Come to the _____________ (triangle) Jim the _____________ is great (circle) And you can ride on an _____________ (rectangle) Come on! Don’t be _____________ (square and circle) 3 Match.

1 Robin thinks the elephants are houses.

2 They have a cup of tea.

3 They go to the circus school.

4 They help Coco get dressed for the show.

5 Katya falls into the balloons.

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4 Colour. Find the extra words.

Make a sentence. meals = orange family = green

mother

clothes = purple face = yellow

shoes

aunt

lunch

father coat

mou

th

a Katy

Coco

r

dinne

uncle

nos

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rs

trouse

shir

t

breakfast

loves

ears

hat

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5 Write the words to make a secret code.

B __ E __ A __ U __ T __ I __ F __ U __ L __ 5 4 1 6 9 11 12 6 8

__ __ __ __ __ 17 13 3 9 3

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ 1 7 10 3 5 1 9

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ 20 6 18 18 8 4 10

__ __ __ __ __ __ 7 8 3 15 16 14

__ __ __ __ __ 19 3 6 9 13

6 Use the secret code from activity 5 to finish the picture of Coco.

__ __ __ __ 7 3 7 3 __ 1 __ 13 __ 18

__ __ 11 14

__ __ __ __ 5 8 6 4 __ __ 4 13 __ __ __ 10 4 4

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ 15 4 1 10 11 16 18

__ __ __ __ __ .

14 13 11 10 9

__ __ __ __ __ __ 1 14 14 3 19 4 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .

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7 Decorate a circus motorhome for PB3 and Robin. Write a description.

Here is a circus motorhome for PB3 and Robin.

It ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

8 Do you like the story? Draw your face.

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I love the story!

I like the story.

I quite like the story.

I don’t like the story.