Bilingual Chinese/English, from 1yo.
Sweet bedtime story of the little sea otter who says goodnight to the harbour seals, sea lions, fish and sea urchins… Is she missing anyone?
‘Good night little sea otter’
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‘Wobbly tooth’
Bilingual Chinese-English, with Pinyin characters.
Xiaolong has a wobbly tooth and it hurts. His mum explains that the tooth will soon fall out and the tooth fairy will visit then and bring a present. Xiaolong cannot wait and think about what kind of present he will receive. His tooth finally falls off and he leaves it under the pillow. The next morning he finds 10 yuan and thinks that with the next tooth, he will be able to buy a video game. Xialong cannot wait for another tooth to wobble.
‘Who is the winner?’
Bilingual Chinese-English, from 3yo.
Xiaolong is competing at the school’ sports carnival. He is racing while holding a ball on a spoon. One of the contestant’s tennis ball fall off the spoon and an unexpected runner, a dog, grabs it and crosses the line first.
Xialong arrived next. He gives his medal to the true winner of the race, the dog.
Great book to learn how to read Chinese. The text is in Chinese characters, pinyin and English.
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‘Dinner is ready!’
Bilingual Chinese-English, from 4yo.
Mom calls everyone, the dinner is ready! No-one replies. Dad is busy reading a book, the son plays with a video game and the daughter is drawing. The cat is only one who seems to be hungry.
Mum is getting upset and manages to get everyone to come and have dinner, only to find out that the cat ate the whole fish!
‘A big spider’
Bilingual Chinese-English, 3yo.
Xiaolong is afraid of spiders. When he wants to use his sister’s camera or go into her bedroom, his sister tells him that there is a spider in them to keep him away. However, one day, a spider is in the sister’s bedroom and she asks Xiaolong to get rid of it. Without thinking he grabs the spider and releases it in the garden. From that day onward, Xiaolong was no longer afraid of spiders.
Great bilingual book for Chinese learners. The text is in traditional characters as well as pinyin to facilitate the learning of the written language.