What Day Is It?/¿Qué día es hoy?: Bilingual English-Spanish (Leveled Reader 1)

Green Light Readers Level 1

by Alex Moran, Daniel Moretón (Illustrator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)

All of Gil's friends forgot his birthday. Or did they?

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

28 pages, Paperback

First published February 21, 2000

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gil is excited to share his special day with all his friends. However, when he asks them what day it might be, 'Monday' is all he is told. Could his birthday be missed by everyone, leaving him sad and forlorn? Neo read this one to me and we saw just how surprising things can be, when you least expect them. Neo reminded me that his birthday is not too far off, though I best not pretend I do not know it when he asks.

[PA Caminos West Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I really enjoyed about this book was how the illustrations lead to what will happen at the end of the story. I found that there were some words repeated, but not repeated phrases that a child could be asked what the ant will say next. I thought the book was too short and could have survived another friend keeping the surprise from the ant, Gil. I liked the idea of making a bookmark together after reading the book, but that seems more like what would be needed for chapter books, not books of this length. (Using SpanishDict.com Translate for the Spanish.)

Lo que realmente disfruté de este libro fue cómo las ilustraciones conducen a lo que sucederá al final de la historia. Descubrí que había algunas palabras repetidas, pero no frases repetidas de que a un niño se le podía preguntar qué diría la hormiga a continuación. Pensé que el libro era demasiado corto y podría haber sobrevivido a otro amigo guardando la sorpresa de la hormiga, Gil. Me gustó la idea de hacer un marcador juntos después de leer el libro, pero eso parece más lo que se necesitaría para los libros de capítulos, no libros de esta longitud. (Usando SpanishDict.com Traducir para el español.)

[Janine Darragh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple level 1 bilingual picture book (very few words that repeat throughout). Cute bookmark art activity in the back.

[Athena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good book for emerging readers. It is simple, short, & easy to read. It is also written in Spanish. At the end of the book, there is an activity to make a bookmark of the ant.

[Omar Miah]

Good

[Tamara Raquel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book my student read on her own 💕
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kelsi Watts · Rating 4 out of 5]

I came across this book in an elementary classroom that I was helping organize, and I absolutely loved it. This book just shows the English version, but the one I came across could be read in either English OR Spanish which I thought was so cool! There are so many different backgrounds that students come from and I think it is important to be able to accommodate to all of them. Giving children the option to read in either English or Spanish (depending on their background) is what this book is all about so it's a super fun and interesting read for the students.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a level 1 storybook; the text is basic but still tells a nice little story. An ant comes and asks his friend "What Day is It" "Monday" He thinks they have forgotten it's his special day... but they give him a surprise birthday party. Many repetitive words and phrases to help a learning reader. It caught and held my 4 year old granddaughter's attention and she was even repeating words after I read them.

[Ashley Wampler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gil is so excited that it is his special day! He asks all his friends "What day is it?" and they all answer "Monday." Gil becomes sad, because he thinks everyone has forgotten his special day. However, they didn't forget! They planned him a surprise birthday party!

[Lavinia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a story about an ant and his friends. The ant thought his friends forgot about the party, but the friends didn't forget. I liked it.

[Deana Pittman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abbi's AR book...She loved this one! She thought it was very sneaky that everyone pretended that they had forgotten Gil's birthday!

[Dustin Dye · Rating 2 out of 5]

What Day Is It? had cute illustrations, and my 4-year-old was able to identify the ant's emotions. The story, however, was cranked out in under 5 minutes. Very superficial.

[Tristan Cooper]

100 % 0.5 AR points

[Harinarayan Kadambi]

I love this book.