When you have a problem and you dont know what to do. Just stop a moment and look around you. You might think your problem is as big as a house. But in fact it might be as small as a ... MOUSE!
Tags
Adventure
Crime
In this Reader you will find
Games and language activities
An audio recording of the story and the song
A picture dictionary
In this detective story our reluctant hero Harry has to try to solve some breakins at the police station. Who is breaking into the police station? And why?
Harry and his detective friends go on an adventure to discover the dark secret of a famous magician, but they get too close! Will Harry be able to rescue his friends? Will he be able to solve the puzzle?
Syllabus
Topics
Transport, food, feelings, physical description
Grammar and structures
Past simple
Past continuous
Present perfect
Going to
Will
Might Should
Giving directions
If will (1st conditional)
So after (conjunctions)
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Katie has some special friends Regazza the doll and Monty the mouse. They live in the Land of Forgotten Toys, the place where toys go when they are thrown away or are left forgotten in a toy box for a long time. One day Regazza and Monty go to find Katie. A pirate with a problem has just arrived in the Land of Forgotten Toys. Can she help him? This is a humorous adventure story about friendship and using cooperation to solve a problem.
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Put your elbows up stamp your feet on the ground make circles with your shoulders and turn around do the Armour Jive and count to five 1 2 3 4 5 HEY! Tags Adventure Crime In this Reader you will find Games and language activities An audio recording of the story and the song A picture dictionary In this amusing story Harry, the reluctant hero, braves robbers and ghosts and armour to triumph in the end (by accident!). Two detectives, Harry and Emma are sent to the castle to lie in wait f