About "A Special Day"

"A Special Day", 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. "A Special Day" tells the story of a Koren American girl preparing to celebrate her grandfather's 60th birthday, a Korean tradition.

"A Special Day" is 12 pages long and is Guided Reading level D, Intervention 6, and DRA 4.

About This Demo

This demo illustrates different speaking modes on different pages, so you can see the full range of speaking modes:

Page 2—Monolingual English; only the words speak.

Page 4—Monolingual English; both words and sentences speak.

Page 6—Bilingual English-Spanish; only the words speak.

Page 8 and 11—Bilingual English-Spanish; both words and sentences speak.

To move through the demo, click the right arrow to go forward and the left arrow to go back. The double arrows will take you to the end or the beginning of the demo.

Permission granted by Bebop Books for use of text and illustrations of
A SPECIAL DAY.
Written and illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien, copyright 2003.