Mandy and Pandy Say, "Ni Hao Ma?" (English and Chinese Edition) [Board book]

Chris Lin (Author), Ingrid Villalta (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Mandy and Pandy

Mandy is a pre-school Chinese girl living in America; she is adorable, happy, curious, energetic, smart, and fun. Mandy likes to hang around with Pandy because he is her friend.

Pandy is a Big Panda a wise, but fun parental figure from China. Pandy combines the best that friends, brothers/sisters, parents, grandparents, teachers, and traditional Chinese and fun American cultures have to offer - these are Pandy s values. This fun parental friend not only teaches Mandy, he guides her and protects her.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 24 pages
• Publisher: Mandy and Pandy (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English, Chinese
• ISBN-10: 098001560X
• ISBN-13: 978-0980015607
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > English as a Second Language

More About the Author

Writer and creator Chris Lin has a vision to create fun and easy ways to teach young children Chinese. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Chris has resided in Ann Arbor since attending the University of Michigan in 1987.

During his time at Michigan, Chris studied Chinese, Economics and Marketing. Chris, who is also fluent in Chinese and Taiwanese, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors from the University of Michigan, as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business.

Mandy and Pandy teaches Chinese in a fun and easy way through books with CD's.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, cute, and effective for learning Chinese!, February 22, 2010

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This review is from: Mandy and Pandy Say, "Ni Hao Ma?" (English and Chinese Edition) (Board book)

This is a cute and effective book for learning Mandarin along with your child - it comes with a CD to follow along. The CD is indispensable for hearing the accents; it simply follows the text in both English and Mandarin. There is no story, but just basic scenarios like greetings (Ni hao mao), playing in the park, swimming, eating, and bedtime. The one scenario that doesn't seem necessary is the one page with all the English names of Mandy's friends translated into Mandarin. Perhaps the author's daughter has real friends with those names, but they do not seem helpful for general readers. (Names are translated based on phonetic sounds, not meaning.) Initially my son did not take to this book, but now he is 18 months old and loves carrying it around. He also looks at the pictures on his own for a long time. I am thrilled that he likes this bilingual book, so I have ordered more books from the Mandy and Pandy series.