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‘Dinner is ready!’

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!

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‘A big spider’

a big spider - le toboggan

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.

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‘Whale, shark and fish’

In Chinese, from 5yo.

Perfect for children learning how to read Chinese characters with pinyin above each character A sentence on each page perfect for young children. Key vocabulary is in bold.

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‘The rabbit and the tortoise’

the rabbit and the tortoise - le toboggan

Bilingual Chinese-English, from 4yo.

The classic tale of the rabbit who thought that winning a race against the tortoise was too easy and not worth much effort.

This is the perfect book for students learning how to read Chinese. They already know the story, therefore they can focus on deciphering the Chinese characters with the help of the pinyin text. Both languages are side by side to make the understanding easier.