Picture Stories 
Demos Un día especial
UN DÍA ESPECIAL, by Anne Sibley O’Brien, is published by Bebop Books as part of their excellent Multicultural series for young readers. Many stories in this series are available in both English and Spanish editions. UN DÍA ESPECIAL tells the story of a Koren American girl preparing to celebrate her grandfather’s 60th birthday, a Korean tradition.
Guided Reading level D, Intervention 6, DRA 4
In this demo we show you a variety of speaking modes:
- Page 2—Monolingual Spanish: touch the words with the cursor to hear them.
- Page 4—Monolingual Spanish: touch the words with the cursor to hear them. Touch the black star to hear the sentence in Spanish.
- Page 6—Bilingual Spanish-Spanish: touch the words with the cursor to hear them. Touch the red star to hear the sentence in Spanish.
- Page 8—Bilingual Spanish-English: touch the words with the cursor to hear them. Touch the black star to hear the sentence in Spanish. Touch the red star to hear the sentence in English.
- Page 11—Bilingual Spanish-English: touch the words with the cursor to hear them. Touch the black star to hear the sentence in Spanish. Touch the red star to hear the sentence in English.
Permission granted by Bebop Books for use of text and illustrations of UN DÍA ESPECIAL. Written and illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien, copyright 2003.