Dragon Boat Festival (Traditional Mandarin-English Version): A Bilingual Book in English and Mandarin with Traditional Characters, Zhuyin, and Pinyin($12.99Value)

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Learn about shapes while celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival! Dragon Boat Festival is a cultural summer event that both children and adults look forward to, especially for the dragon boat races. Our bilingual book, Dragon Boat Festival , shows children the various traditions that take place while preparing for and celebrating the festival with their family. Children will be delighted to uncover the shapes found in various commonly seen elements of the Dragon Boat Festival as they turn each page -- triangular zongzi (rice dumplings), square satchels, diamond shaped oars, and more! The book is full of eye-catching and simple pictures that improve observation skills, build vocabulary, and encourage reading. • CULTURAL LEARNING MADE FUN! • THREE VERSIONS OF EVERY BOOK AVAILABLE: Mandarin with Traditional Chinese characters, Mandarin with Simplified Characters, Cantonese. • EARLY LITERACY TOOL WITH ZHUYIN, PINYIN, or JYUTPING PHONICS SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT READING CHINESE. Bitty Bao books have all the necessary language elements to support each family member wherever they may be in their language journey. Mandarin with Traditional Chinese books include Zhuyin and pinyin, Mandarin with Simplified Chinese books include pinyin, and Cantonese books include jyutping. • FREE BILINGUAL AUDIO READING IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY BOOK. Scan QR code on the back cover to hear the audio reading. Toddler-PreS-A bilingual board book about shapes. Benard and Cheng have connected various shapes to the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. A circle "drum beats rhythmically," children balance oval eggs at noon, triangle zongzi are thrown in the river, and square papers are used to create herb-filled good luck satchels. Text in Chinese script with Pinyin directly underneath and English translation at the bottom of the pages make the title accessible for everyone, regardless of familiarity with Chinese. Benard's homemade paper-cut art creates colorful illustrations that bring a one-of-a-kind vibe to the title. As a bonus, instructions for making good luck satchels are included at the end. This activity is designed for children who are able to use scissors. Ideal for English as a second language learners, those endeavoring to learn to read Chinese, and caregivers who want to share Chinese with their children. VERDICT A solid purchase for board book shelves.-Sarah Siegα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Introduce your bitty babes to the shapes and their given names and characteristics in two languages, while celebrating Chinese culture! A firewife, mom of a wee bitty babe, and the other half of the dynamic Bitty Bao Duo - meet Lacey Benard. As an American-Born-Chinese woman, raised without the gift of Chinese as a second language, Lacey is hoping to now prioritize language acquisition for her bitty babe through bilingual books, cultural events, and their school district's Mandarin dual immersion program. Lacey can often be found in the middle of the night hand cutting tiny bits of paper into cute images for the Bitty Bao books and hopes that you enjoy seeing them come to life in the books as much as she does. Meet Lulu Cheng, a wife, mom of 2 bitty babes, with her newest title - Bitty Bao Boss. Since her bitty babes were born, Lulu has worked hard to embed Chinese language and culture into everything that they do. Lulu's struggle to find cute bilingual Chinese books for her kids' bedtime soon evolved into a #bigbittydream to make Chinese Board Bookss of her own for families just like hers. She looks forward to sharing her journey of parenting, homemade Chinese teaching resources, and some late night bookmaking with you.