Teaching Chinese at Home

[tamarind]

MyBaby:

tamarind:

I have also bought a set 10 books by 郑渊洁, the best selling children's books author before 杨红樱, will post my comments here later.

I've also got 皮皮鲁和超级智齿(上, 下) by 郑渊洁. This author is recommended by DD's Pri 4 Chinese teacher whom she likes alot. We were praying that she would be teaching DD this year but well, DD didn;t have the good fortune...

DD has yet to read these 2 books though as she was distracted by 笑猫， 女生日记 (absolutely recommend this book for 12 yr old girls who are undergoing puberty), and 非常妈妈， 非常爸爸 and 非常老师. This 非常 series must be good as DD was laughing her head off as she read the books. DD is now reader faster than me, so I have yet to find time to read the latest books except for 女生日记.

Another book that I find good is 我是白痴 (王淑芬). It is written from the perspective of a simpleton (some one with low IQ) and how he was taken advantage of by his classmates and even his sister. However, being a simpleton, he does not see it as being bullied and does not understand the good intentions of his good friend who tells him not be taken advantage of by others. This is again recommended by DD's Chinese teacher and we picked it up at DD school's bookfair. DD cried her eyes out when she read it.

Tamarind, one a side note - can you tell more about Chinese ebooks/audio books? You've given a link in previous post from dangdang. Are these ebooks free or payable? If payable, how to go about doing the payment? Do I need any particular ebook reader (kindle?)? TIA!

Hi MyBaby,
The ebooks at read.dangdang.com are free for viewing. Just click and read the contents of each book. However, I think it does not include 100% of the contents of the actual book, probably 60-80%.

I posted a link about audio books for young children a few weeks back, that one is also free.

Great to know that 郑渊洁 is recommended by Chinese teachers. I read a couple of books, the themes of some stories are probably too mature for lower primary kids, more suitable for 10 to 16 years old.

I am definitely going to get 女生日记 and the 非常 series of books.

I am eager to read 我是白痴, will try to the library to get it first. Thanks for the recommendation.

[starlight1968sg]

tamarind:

The ebooks at read.dangdang.com are free for viewing. Just click and read the contents of each book. However, I think it does not include 100% of the contents of the actual book, probably 60-80%.

Yes, I went to the above mentioned website but how to proceed from there ie read the contents of each book?
Thanks.

[tamarind]

starlight1968sg:

tamarind:

The ebooks at read.dangdang.com are free for viewing. Just click and read the contents of each book. However, I think it does not include 100% of the contents of the actual book, probably 60-80%.

Yes, I went to the above mentioned website but how to proceed from there ie read the contents of each book?
Thanks.

Simply click on the many links in the page.

For example, the ebook 好妈妈胜过好老师
http://read.dangdang.com/book_1742?ref=read-1-B

You see these links right ?

“打针有些疼”（1）
古诗滋养的孩子（1）

Just click on any link to read the contents. Then click Next Page on each page to go forward.

[starlight1968sg]

Thanks tamarind for pointing out.

How to do a search on the books 笑猫， 女生日记 mentioned? Simply click next page?

[Brenda10]

starlight1968sg:

Thanks tamarind for pointing out.

How to do a search on the books 笑猫， 女生日记 mentioned? Simply click next page?

http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20839439&ref=cms

http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20057146&ref=search-1-pub#catalog


Hopefully this can help.

[starlight1968sg]

Brenda10:

starlight1968sg:

Thanks tamarind for pointing out.

How to do a search on the books 笑猫， 女生日记 mentioned? Simply click next page?

http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20839439&ref=cms

http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20057146&ref=search-1-pub#catalog

Hopefully this can help.

Thanks a lot, Brenda.

[MyBaby]

tamarind:

I just received some books from dangdang.com.


Ordered 小男生杜歌飞 which is recommended by MyBaby. It is a very good book for encouraging kids to start reading Chinese chapter books ! The book is in entirely Hanyu Pinyin, so kids will not find it too daunting. I think it is fine to read some good books in Hanyu Pinyin, then slowly introduce more books without Hanyu Pinyin. My P1 boy is beginning to read short Chinese chapter books now, will definitely let him read this book.

Thanks MyBaby for the recommendation

You are welcome! I've benefitted lots from the good books that you have recommended, too.

[MyBaby]

tamarind:

starlight1968sg:

[quote=\"tamarind\"]The ebooks at read.dangdang.com are free for viewing. Just click and read the contents of each book. However, I think it does not include 100% of the contents of the actual book, probably 60-80%.

Yes, I went to the above mentioned website but how to proceed from there ie read the contents of each book?
Thanks.

Simply click on the many links in the page.

For example, the ebook 好妈妈胜过好老师
http://read.dangdang.com/book_1742?ref=read-1-B

You see these links right ?

“打针有些疼”（1）
古诗滋养的孩子（1）

Just click on any link to read the contents. Then click Next Page on each page to go forward.[/quote]I've clicked on the link (yeaterday and today) and got a connection error... So the ebooks are for reading on the computer and cannot download to ebook reader? Was hoping to get some chinese ebooks \"on-the-go\".

I happened to pick up 非常爸爸 from DD's school's bookfair and she must have liked it alot as she asked me to include 非常 series and 笑猫series in the booklist to my friend. She is now reading 神秘的女老师.

Unfortunately, most of the books which I intended to get for DS are out- like 永远永远爱你, 雾灵三部曲 and 不一样的卡梅拉 (全套6册).

[pea]

tamarind:

MyBaby:

[quote=\"tamarind\"]I have also bought a set 10 books by 郑渊洁, the best selling children's books author before 杨红樱, will post my comments here later.

I've also got 皮皮鲁和超级智齿(上, 下) by 郑渊洁. This author is recommended by DD's Pri 4 Chinese teacher whom she likes alot. We were praying that she would be teaching DD this year but well, DD didn;t have the good fortune...

DD has yet to read these 2 books though as she was distracted by 笑猫， 女生日记 (absolutely recommend this book for 12 yr old girls who are undergoing puberty), and 非常妈妈， 非常爸爸 and 非常老师. This 非常 series must be good as DD was laughing her head off as she read the books. DD is now reader faster than me, so I have yet to find time to read the latest books except for 女生日记.

Another book that I find good is 我是白痴 (王淑芬). It is written from the perspective of a simpleton (some one with low IQ) and how he was taken advantage of by his classmates and even his sister. However, being a simpleton, he does not see it as being bullied and does not understand the good intentions of his good friend who tells him not be taken advantage of by others. This is again recommended by DD's Chinese teacher and we picked it up at DD school's bookfair. DD cried her eyes out when she read it.

Tamarind, one a side note - can you tell more about Chinese ebooks/audio books? You've given a link in previous post from dangdang. Are these ebooks free or payable? If payable, how to go about doing the payment? Do I need any particular ebook reader (kindle?)? TIA!

Hi MyBaby,
The ebooks at read.dangdang.com are free for viewing. Just click and read the contents of each book. However, I think it does not include 100% of the contents of the actual book, probably 60-80%.

I posted a link about audio books for young children a few weeks back, that one is also free.

Great to know that 郑渊洁 is recommended by Chinese teachers. I read a couple of books, the themes of some stories are probably too mature for lower primary kids, more suitable for 10 to 16 years old.

I am definitely going to get 女生日记 and the 非常 series of books.

I am eager to read 我是白痴, will try to the library to get it first. Thanks for the recommendation. :D[/quote]Hi Tamarind.

Can you post the link for the audio books for young children that you mentioned above again?

Many thanks .

[tamarind]

MyBaby:

I've clicked on the link (yeaterday and today) and got a connection error... So the ebooks are for reading on the computer and cannot download to ebook reader? Was hoping to get some chinese ebooks \"on-the-go\".

You have to save the ebooks one page at a time, they cannot be downloaded at one go. I think it is not accurate for me to say ebook, online reading is more appropriate.