Shanghai Expat Life: 2009-02-08

Saturday 14 February 2009

The Pet Dragon - a children's book

I accidently stumbled across this gorgeous book called The Pet Dragon - A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Christoph Niemann. It features gorgeous illustrations with the aim of giving children aged 4-8 an introduction to (simplified) Chinese characters. What a great gift it would make!

Buy now from Amazon

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