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Let your kids join in the festivities for the Year of the Shan Yang (that's Goat to you and me!) with a brilliant new book that puts Chinese words in the picture.
Usborne, the biggest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK, is helping to celebrate the Chinese New Year this Thursday with an action-packed introductory book to Chinese (Mandarin) words.
But the fun doesn't stop there this half term... Usborne also has a host of brilliant activity books to beat the boredom, a fantastic new all-colour book featuring the deadliest animals on the planet and some madcap magic from favourite author Pseudonymous Bosch.
Age 5 plus:
First Thousand Words in Chinese Written by Heather Amery and illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
In a word -- well, a thousand words -- this is probably the best introduction your child can have to the wonderful world of the Mandarin Chinese language.
Usborne's classic bilingual Chinese (Mandarin)/English word book, illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key vocabulary, has been fully updated and revised, with new words added and pictures updated, for a new generation of early learners.
Stephen Cartwright's lively pictures encourage a direct association of the word with the object, a proven aid to long-term learning while the vocabulary opens up a window onto words used in everyday life.
Written in Mandarin Chinese with a standard 'pinyin' pronunciation guide in Roman letters, this superb book includes an English/Chinese word list, and readers can hear how to pronounce every word by listening to a native Chinese speaker on the Usborne Quicklinks website.
Divided into everyday scenes so that each word is easily identifiable, the Chinese vocabulary can help to aid word recognition for adults and children, as well as providing amusement for younger learners.
It's never too early to start learning a new language...
(Usborne, paperback, Pounds 6.99)
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