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D. Guillemant Sophie’s Dream

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The world of circus stories to timeless classics. There are four
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Sophie is asleep in her bed and she is having a lovely Teen ELI Readers and Young Adult ELI
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dream. She is dreaming about a day at the circus. Readers. The books are carefully edited and

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Hi, I’m Dominique.
I was born in Arras,
a little city in the
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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What would happen if during the night elephants
and lions, musicians and entertainers, clowns and
ballet dancers came in your little room? So p h i e beautifully illustrated to capture the essence
of the stories and plots.

region, in France.
I love reading stories
to my children. But
most of all, I love
inventing them!
The never ending and fascinating show of the
circus seen from the eyes of a curious child in a very
poetic tale accompanied by artistic illustrations. D r e a m Sophie’s Dream
by Dominique Guillemant
Translations by Lisa Suett
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2 t’s late. Sophie is asleep in her bed and she
is having a lovely dream. She is dreaming
about a day at the circus. In her dream
she meets Giggles the clown and Juliet the ballet
dancer. Let’s go on an adventure with Sophie!

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Finally the circus comes to town.
There are musicians, entertainers and animals.
It’s time for the big parade.

Find the names of five animals in the big bass drum.

Then read the name of the circus.

It’s the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ circus!

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 Giggles the clown gives
the children balloons.
Careful Giggles ...
you might float away!

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The audience buy their entrance
tickets. Sophie waits patiently in the queue!

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 Activity Pages
1 Find the words and read
the hidden sentence.

Circus Town
Dream Treats
Animals Balls
Musicians Act A C T I D R E A M I
L C I R C U S A O N
Stories Bed M U S I C I A N S T
Interval Hoop V H E T O B R I T E
F O F E E A I M O R
Caramel Ring T O W N A L N A R V
Tightrope P P B E D L G L I A
T R E A T S P S E L
C A R A M E L L S E
T I G H T R O P E S
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ !

2 Who does what? Match.

1 Sophie A walks along a tightrope

2 Giggles B juggles with seven balls
3 Albert C has a lovely dream
4 Feather D can walk to the beat of the drum
5 Snowflake E gives the children balloons
6 Jojo F is very tired

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 3 Find the words, read the hidden sentence
and draw a picture.

1 5 animals: ___________________________________
2 5 instruments: _______________________________
3 2 parts of the circus: _________________________
4 4 entertainers: _______________________________

lion the ballet cymbals elephant children

trumpet dancer

magician bigdrum
bass ring horse are juggler drum

eating monkey candy lion the

floss tamer trombone scenes bear

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .

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