A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters2008
Rating: 4
For: Kids and anyone wanting to learn Chinese characters
$16.99
Endpapers: pale teal with white Chinese characters and illustrations from the book
Simple folk-type story that introduces 33 Chinese characters, which are superimposed into the illustrations as well as shown at the bottom of the page. Lots of reds and teals, simple, cute illustrations that perfectly match the tale.
Lin receives a baby dragon as a pet, and they spend their days playing with each other. While playing soccer in the house the abreak a vase, and Lin's father decides the dragon must stay in a cage. The next day, the dragon is gone. Lin goes travels the countryside trying to find him, and is aided by a witch until pet and girl are reunited once again.
This is a clever way to share another culture with children, writing some of the characters afterwards would be a great project.
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