My First Book of Chinese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book [Hardcover]

My First Book of Chinese Wordsintroduces young children to basic words and concepts in the Chinese language through colorful rhymes and beautiful imagery.

It is a book that parents and young children will enjoy reading together. The Chinese words in the book are all common, everyday items, and the rhymes are informative and fun for children.

The goal ofMy First Book of Chinese Wordsis to familiarize children with the basic sounds and written characters of Chinese, to introduce core concepts of Chinese culture and to illustrate the ways in which Chinese sounds differ from English ones. Teachers and parents will welcome the cultural notes at the back of the book and appreciate how the book is organized using a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Chinese characters (both Simplified and Traditional) as well as Romanized Pinyin for easy pronunciation.

With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon join the more than one billion people worldwide who speak Chinese! This unique and charming alphabet book uses rhymes and fact snippets to introduce Chinese words to a pre-schooler. —The Children's Book Reviewblog This book is truly a beautiful lesson on culture and language. —Crafty Moms ShareblogFaye-Lynn Wuwas born and raised in Taiwan. Her experiences of teaching her own children in the U.S. and managing language programs for early education have led her to focus on introducing language to kids in the most positive way possible. She is the admissions officer at an independent school in Berkley, California, serves on the board of a Chinese language school, and teaches Mandarin. She is the author ofChinese and English Nursery Rhymes.

Aya Padronis a freelance artist who works in many media, among them painting and photography. She is the illustrator ofKorean for BeginnersandMy First Book of Korean Words. This booklƒ+