I Can Read Chinese. This item is unavailable.I Can Read Chinese

A little Chinese, a little every day.

Read a story. Color a picture. Practice a character.

I Can Read Chinese: Home introduces young learners to Mandarin through illustrated stories about family, pets and food. Join Xiaoming for familiar everyday adventures designed to share with a grown-up.

Each story page pairs simplified Chinese with pinyin and an English translation. Children can explore the pictures, talk about the story and add their own colors. Writing-practice pages follow each story, connecting reading with character tracing and writing.

Inside this volume:

• 3 illustrated stories about family, pets and food.


• 60 story pictures to color with crayons or colored pencils.


• 37 writing-practice pages with stroke-order diagrams and ten practice squares per character.


• Pinyin and English translations to support shared reading.


• A character index with pinyin and story references.


• A convenient 6 x 9-inch format.

Developed by an Ivy League educator, the series supports shared reading at home, tutoring and Mandarin classroom activities. Explore a few pages at a time and return to favorite scenes together.

Start with Home, then continue with Out and About and The Wider World. Across the complete three-volume series, the stories include all 300 vocabulary entries from the HSK 3.0 Level 1 list. Vocabulary coverage is shared across the series; this volume is not a complete exam-preparation course.

Read together. Color together. Make Chinese part of your day.

Volume 1 of the I Can Read Chinese series. 106 pages. Color cover with a black-and-white interior. Adult guidance is recommended.