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10 Great Children’s Books in Chinese! You might have read many of these books to your child already. Now, let’s read it or listen to it in Chinese.
Children love stories. Reading a fantastic way to engage children in target language learning.
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”
~ Emilie Buchwald
I still remember the days when my son was only a few months old and I was reading “The Good Night Moon” (Chinese edition) to him.
He would be on my lap listening and then from time to time he would grab the book and chew on it. What an adorable scene! Yes, he was teething at the time!
Reading familiar children’s book in Chinese is a good starting point when we introduce the target language to young children.
The first time that I pulled out “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” book (Chinese edition) in my kindergarten class the children stared at the Chinese characters on the cover and then they fearlessly said: “I have read this book!” “I know this story!” “Are you going to read it to us?”
I read the book to them in Chinese, they paid incredible attention as I went through one page to the next. Some repeated the words in Chinese eagerly and they listened as this was read to them in their first language.
Many of the books listed here are in my Chinese Reading Playground on YouTube. You can listen to the story, talk about the pictures and the story.
Adding book hands-on activities to the reading can reinforce the learning. You can spread out the reading and projects in consecutive days.
Literacy skills like reading, singing, and playing games can transfer across languages.
The ten wonderful children’s books that you and your child can enjoy together during your story time. You might have access to these books in your local library.
You can also explore a Chinese edition copy at a better price from online bookstores that I have included in the Teach Your Kids Chinese: The Ultimate Resource Guide.
Having the physical books around in your target language is very important for creating a target language text-rich home environment.
Purchase a copy of the books in Miss Panda’s Reading Playground and support great literature in different languages.
Enjoy the stories and let me know what your child’s current favorite book in Chinese (target language) or in English (community language if you live in an English-speaking country).
1. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
2. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
3. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle
6. Elmer’s Day by David McKee
7. Dear Zoo by Rhodes Campbell
8. The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round by Annie Kubler
9. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
10. Mei Ling’s Hiccups by David Mills
Our reading ability, our ability to write in an acceptable writing style, our spelling ability, vocabulary knowledge, and our ability to handle complex syntax is the result of reading.
-Stephen Krashen, Linquist
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Hi,
I have just started teaching Mandarin to Kindergarten age children and I have been trying to find books that are appropriated for them and have both English and Chinese. The books you listed are great. Do you know anywhere I can get them on the internet? Thanks.
Kind Regards,
Chrissy Man
Hello Chrissy, How exciting to know that you just started teaching Mandarin to Kindergarteners! They are so much fun to work with us and they are energetic with learning everything. If you click on the names of each author in this post it will take you to the online bookstores that have the titles available. Many books are available on Amazon. I will have a resource post coming up soon with the Chinese/English/Multilingual online bookstore resource. Thank you for visiting! ~Miss Panda
Dear Miss Panda,
I am absolutely thrilled to find you and browse through your blog. There are so many useful and suitable resources that I can use to teach my children Mandarin in my prep school.
Can I please ask if the resources have been designed for specific age groups? are they categorised under topics? I adore every piece of it but I wonder if there is a quicker way for me to find the suitable one among them all, and I have to admit that I haven’t finished reading every one of them.
As I am teaching children age from 4 to 11, I am grateful if you give me some tips on how to use your resources more effectively.
Many thanks for attention and hope to hear from you soon.
Susan
Ni Hao Susan, I was very glad that you found the resource here helpful with your Chinese program. Welcome! The resource here is designed for young children especially from babies to elementary school. The multi-direction approach materials included here will help parents and teachers to engage young learners in various activities. You can use Miss Panda Chinese CD/MP3 albums as your lesson plan and add theme lessons with songs, printables, and stories to your program. Let’s always keep learning fun! ~Miss Panda