An action story about Granny Fixit, a sad pirate and a crowd of multi¬coloured parrots.
When Jill and Ahmed find themselves by magic on a pirate ship they meet sad Pirate Bill. He has no pirate hat, treasure or parrot! But with Granny Fixit around no one stays sad for long!

In this Reader you will find:
-    Games and language activities
-    An audio recording of the story and the song
-    A picture dictionary

Level: below A1

 

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