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Gigi encuentra su voz

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Este cuento se llama “Gigi encuentra su voz”, escrito y narrado por Lorena Romero. Esta es una grabación de LibraryCall. El pasatiempo favorito de Gigi era cantar. Todos los días después de la escuela, corría a su cuarto, ponía su música favorita y cantaba toda la noche. Cantaba mientras hacía su tarea, durante la cena y en la ducha. Mientras dormía, Gigi soñaba con cantar frente a miles de personas, al igual que sus estrellas de pop favoritas. El problema con su sueño de convertirse en una estrella de pop era que Gigi nunca había tenido espectadores.

Gigi Finds Her Voice

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This story is called “Gigi Finds Her Voice,” written and narrated by Lorena Romero. This is a LibraryCall recording. Gigi’s favorite thing in the world was to sing. Every day after school, she would run to her room, turn on her favorite playlist and sing all through the evening. She would sing while doing her homework, during dinner, and in the shower. In her sleep, Gigi would dream of singing in front of thousands of people, just like her favorite pop stars. The only problem with her dream of becoming a pop star was that Gigi had never had an audience.

First Day Back

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This story is called First Day Back, written and read by Ryan Aoto. This is a LibraryCall recording. On the last night of summer break, Jaiden sat at the dinner table with his mom. Normally, he was very talkative. He didn’t get to have dinner with his mom often. She worked all the time. That night, however, he sat silent, poking at his food. “What’s wrong Sweetie,” his mother asked. Jaiden shrugged. “Are you sad that summer’s over?” Jaiden shrugged again. “You’ll have a great time tomorrow,” she said with a smile. “You’re going to be in Ms. Chen’s class, like you wanted.

Sammy's Autograph Book

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Sammy celebrated his 10th birthday party last week. One of his birthday presents was a small-size autograph book with 120 blank pages. "I'm going to fill up this entire book with autographs," Sammy said to himself as he paged thru the blank pages. Sammy lived in a small town far from any big city. Famous people don't often visit small towns. For a brief moment Sammy thought that he might not be able to fill up his autograph book with autographs. Then he slid the autograph book into his backpack and started walking to school.