Education & Reference

A fun and easy to use Chinese activity workbook to support your children learning Chinese at home. Illustrated beautifully in colour.

This book follows on from our first and second workbooks in our Chinese Writing for Beginners series. This workbook helps your child to revise the 200 words introduced in workbooks 1 and 2. We do this by challenging their minds with fun activities so they can practise their Chinese writing and reading skills.

Ideally, your child will have worked through books 1 and 2. However, your child can start with this book as we have included all the vocabulary in this book.

Primarily written for English speaking children, this book is filled with fun activities such as dot-to-dot, matching words, maze and many more.

Free online video tutorials are available. Please scan the QR code on the book. The videos will demonstrate the brush strokes for each Chinese word as well as how to pronounce each word. It is available in both Mandarin and in Cantonese.

This book also includes both Simplified and Traditional Chinese, allowing the learner to decide which version to practise.

No prior knowledge is needed by the learner and there is no need for you to have any knowledge of the Chinese language either.

Suitable for ages 5+.

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A practical fill-in workbook for beginners learning Mandarin Chinese with everyday words, essential vocabulary, and hands-on practice. A fascination introduction to the Chinese writing system, Easy Peasy Chinese Workbook shows you how to write more than 200 of the most useful characters. This straightforward workbook helps to develop and perfect Mandarin Chinese writing skills and is the perfect companion to DK’s Easy Peasy Chinese.
Sections follow a logical progression, starting with different character strokes and everyday words, such as “hello” and “thank you”, and progressing to the essential vocabulary needed to tell the time, order in a restaurant, or buy a train ticket. For children aged 7+ who are learning Mandarin at school, and for adults learning the language for travel, this book is ideal for beginners of all ages. Its clear modern design, inventive visuals and clear explanations make learning Chinese both accessible and fun!

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So, you’re learning Mandarin Chinese… but just can’t find the ideal reading material?

Good news – we’ve got you covered.

Many students of Mandarin Chinese constantly find a massive obstacle when trying to develop their reading skills – a total lack of high-quality reading material. This can not only make the learning processes tougher but also force the student to lose interest.

This is why we’ve created a sequel to our highly successful previous Short Stories book – with Chinese Short Stories for Beginners Volume 2, we want to continue helping students build their Chinese connection with 1.2 billion Mandarin speakers worldwide!

20 easy-to-read, entertaining and interesting stories await inside, along with the best tools to help you practice once you’re done reading each tale. Our book will ensure you not only can read something that will expand your knowledge on Mandarin Chinese, but that you will understand and be able to pick it apart piece by piece in your quest for learning.

How Chinese Short Stories for Beginners Volume 2 works:

• Each of the book’s twenty chapters will use a story filled with day-to-day terms, useful Mandarin Chinese language tools and entertaining storylines to help you expand your knowledge of the Chinese culture.
• Using Chinese characters, Pinyin romanization AND an English translation in each chapter, you will develop a fluent understanding of Chinese writing!
• A summary synopsis in Chinese, Pinyin and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood the story.
• At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have caught at first glance!
• Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Chinese, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating!

Do you think you can handle it? If the answer is yes, then you’re definitely on your way to becoming a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker, and we’ll certainly make your dreams come true!

So look no further! Pick up your copy of Chinese Short Stories for Beginners Volume 2 and start learning Chinese right now!

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So, you’ve decided to learn Chinese. Now what?

One of the toughest languages to learn, it’s never been easy to find reading material in Chinese… However, we’ve created a book that will change all of that.

Language learning isn’t just about lessons or practice – it’s about consistency. You may have found the best teacher in town or the most incredible learning app around, but if you don’t put all of that knowledge to practice, you’ll soon forget everything you’ve obtained. This is why being engaged with interesting reading material can be so essential for somebody wishing to learn a new language.

Therefore, in this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Chinese (Mandarin) tongue.

How Chinese Short Stories For Beginners works:

• Each chapter possesses a funny, interesting and/or thought-provoking story based on real-life situations, allowing you to learn a bit more about the Chinese culture.
• Having trouble understanding Chinese characters? No problem – apart from the English translation below each paragraph, we’ve also provided you with the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese language, so that you never have trouble reading Chinese again!
• The summaries follow a synopsis in Chinese and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. Use them if you’re having trouble.
• At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Again, Pinyin romanization is included to make things super easy for you!
• Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Chinese, allowing you the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Whether it’s true or false, or if you’re doing the single answer questions, don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating!

We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles!

So look no further! Pick up your copy of Chinese Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Chinese, right now!

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Pictures, Coloring, Quizzes and more…

The new way of learning languages has arrived!

Learning a language is an effective way of expanding your social circle, boosting your career and allowing yourself to open your mind while traveling around the world, as you may know. The great thing is – whether you want to learn Mandarin Chinese to communicate with over 1.1 billion people across the planet, dive into Chinese culture or simply try your luck at a new career in China – we’ve got you covered!

While you may have previously felt that learning a new language has been a bit too complicated and even boring… we’re about to change that! We have created a whole new method and concept behind learning Chinese. A method based on fun.

Say hello to the Chinese Picture Dictionary Coloring Book, the book that will change Chinese learning forever.

In this amazing book, you will find:

• Over 50 different, detailed and beautiful full-size illustrations for you to learn while coloring them! Each of these 50 illustrations contains up to 20 items, by the way – that’s almost 1,000 (!!!) images for you to color!
• Ever wanted to know how to pronounce “insect repellent” in Chinese? Maybe you need to know the word for ‘weightlifting’ or ‘mistletoe’… No worries! This book has dozens of different categories to help you build your vocabulary.
• Challenging quizzes found every few sections will allow you to develop your Chinese skills even further; if you don’t know the answers, we’ve provided an Answer Key at the end!
• Just to get started, we’ve added an in-depth basic Chinese guide at the beginning, including tone pronunciation, spelling, word order and vocabulary, among other crucial tools, such as insight into Mandarin Chinese characters and the extremely important Pinyin and stroke order!

This book will transform Chinese learning for good – no more complex textbooks, it’s time to learn while having fun!

The best new method for learning Chinese is here.

Get the Chinese Picture Dictionary Coloring Book now!

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