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Book Review: 怪傑佐羅力系列 (55 本) Zorori Series (55 Books)
Purchase Link: 怪傑佐羅力 1-40 怪傑佐羅力 41-45 怪傑佐羅力 46-50 怪傑佐羅力 51-55 Age: 5+ with parent, 7+ independent This set of books was first published in the 1980’s and now has grown to a whopping 55 books. The style in there is a mixture of bridge, comics, and picture book format. Words are easy to read, not […]
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Book Review: 中國經典童話 Chinese Folk Tales and Legend Set of 20 Books
Age: 5+ This set has CDs! You can put it in the car to listen, etc. I really love the titles in this set. Basically if you want your child to be aware of the Chinese folk tales, legends, and culture, this is a great set. The language isn’t too hard but hard enough to […]
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Book Review: 皮克西隨身繪本 100本 Pixi Mini 100 Picture Books
Age 5-9 I really really really like this set of 100 little books. It’s out of print but I still felt the need to share it. It’s portable and it’s oh so cute… There are 100 little books from easy to hard. The first 50 books have zhuyin while starting book 60, there isn’t. The […]
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Book Review: 名著大家讀 系列 Well Known Classics Picture Book Collection
Age: 3-6 with parent, 6+ independent Purchase links: Set 1: 伊索寓言、格林童話、安徒生童話和日本童話，共４冊 Set 2: 經典故事、偉人傳記、星座神話和知名故事，共４冊 Book Not in Above Sets: 動物趣味故事15篇 This set is full of classic stories from all over the world. It has stories from Greece, Japan, China, even Canada??? Each story is about 10-15 pages long and every single page has illustrations! These […]
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Book Review: 我愛瑪婷 52 本， 26張 CD. I Love Martine Series Chinese Version
Book Review: 我愛瑪婷 52 本， 26張 CD. I Love Martine Series Chinese Version Age 3-6 This is totally 1970’s style set of 52 picture books with 26 CDs. The CDs are read verbatim with the book! Those that don’t want to read with your children? Great! Have them listen to the CDs! LOL! The CDs […]
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Book Review: 电话里的童话第2辑 注音版（套装全13册）Simplified 簡體版
Age 3-6 Although the set calls itself a “bridge book” set, I find it better to call it a picture book set. It’s part of the Christian Andersen Awards series of books. Their awarded books are a hit and miss for me sometimes. Some stories are great. Others leave me with a question mark. However, […]
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Book Review: 小老虎和小熊 系列 (簡體 Simplified)
Age: 3-7 This is a set to read to your toddlers or have the early readers go at it themselves. It has pinyin and also has great warm stories about a bear and a tiger and their adventures together. The pages are thick and glossy. It was translated from a German set and I think […]
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Book Review: 小小地球人 Little Earth 37-60 Book Set
Age: 5+ Please visit our Facebook Page to learn more! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ My beloved book set is BACK!!! Not back but MORE has been produced? I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for them to complete this set to buy and FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY IT’S COMPLETE. I feel like Gollum rubbing the ring in my hands […]
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Member Post: Non-Native Mom’s Second Year Chinese Journey (5.5 Yr Old Reads Beyond Native Level) by Melissa C.
This is a follow up post. As you may recall, I started teaching my daughter characters in July 2017, when she was four. Almost 1.5 years later, she and I are reading bridge books together. We are reading 1st grade level books, and our comprehension level is roughly that of a slightly behind Kindergartner. I […]
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Book Review: 迪士尼系列 , 三采文化 Disney Collections by Suncolor
Ages: 2 to Adult Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ I’m going to review a large selection of Disney picture books from Suncolor, 三采文化. Disney Princess Collection Disney Movies Collection Disney Stories Collection Disney Social Emotional Collection Disney Language Collection They are, in my opinion, the best at translated picture books and […]
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Book Review: 棕色的熊、棕色的熊，你在看什麼, 從頭動到腳, 變色龍捉迷藏, Brown Bear, From Head to Toe, Chameleon, Eric Carle
Age: 0-3 with parent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Link: 棕色的熊、棕色的熊，你在看什麼 從頭動到腳 變色龍捉迷藏 Everyone in the states has Eric Carle. Case closed. Ha ha… just listing a few that I found in my storage. We have the English versions too. The only thing I don’t love in these is the […]
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Book Review: 蔬菜躲貓貓 Veggies Hide and Seek
Age: 0-2 Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Link: 蔬菜躲貓貓 Tupera Tupera is an author we’ve been attracted to. For babies, the books are direct and simple and great for babies. There’s humor and cuteness. This is a lift the flap book. The only thing I wished for is for the […]
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Book Review: 誰吃掉了 Who Ate It?
Age: 0-2 Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Link: 誰吃掉了 This is by a really famous Japanese author and both my kids just loved this book because they loved finding the fruit or vegetable or food that each page introduces. The way they incorporated the look and find is super sweet […]
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Game:成語接龍 撲克牌 (10 盒) Idioms Playing Cards (10 Boxes)
Reading levels in Chinese is hugely dependent on how well you know idioms. The harder the books, the more idioms there are. Why? Well, it’s using four characters to describe something or a situation or feeling that could take a whole paragraph to explain! This is why the Chinese language is so beautiful. Every feeling […]
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Book Review: 好忙的遊樂園, 好棒的海灘 Busy Amusement Park, Amazing Beach
Age: 0-2 Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Link: 好忙的遊樂園 好棒的海灘 Who doesn’t love books that you can make balls bounce and make people pop up? These are really thick board books and every page is very very strong so it’s great for babies up to two. It’s bilingual and easy […]
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Book Review: 親子律動歡樂歌謠 , 小蜜蜂歡樂歌謠 , 卡布利島世界歌謠 , 歡唱世界童謠：兩隻老虎 Children’s Song Books
Age 0-4 (with parent) Purchase Link: 親子律動歡樂歌謠 小蜜蜂歡樂歌謠 卡布利島世界歌謠 歡唱世界童謠：兩隻老虎 Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Kids love music and my kids loved loved loved these classic songs that I also enjoyed as a child. There are a lot of books in this series but these are the ones with the classic […]
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Book Review: 親愛的動物園 Dear Zoo
Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Age: 0-2 Purchase Link: 親愛的動物園 This is a popular book in English. Lift the flaps and voila! I haven’t seen any kids not like this in English or Chinese so I recommend this book for babies to two years old. It’s great to learn some words […]
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Book Review: 魔法校車套書 Magic School Bus Set 22 Books
Age: 6+ independent or with parent Purchase Links: 魔法校車第一輯 Magic School Bus First Set 12 Books 魔法校車第二輯 Magic School Bus Second Set 10 Books Please visit our Facebook group for more information! We’re having a sale! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ This is a set of books about science topics everything from water to electricity and nature. The story is all […]
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Onyx Boox Reader Review – Tool for Teaching Reading, Writing, Etc.
Last year I had my children read from Kindle for their English books and then uploaded my own Chinese books but the problem with Kindle is the screen is so small, it’s not really Chinese compatible and Amazon doesn’t have any Chinese books that my children can read so trying to load Chinese on Kindle […]
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Book Review: 「查理和蘿拉」系列 Charlie and Lola Collection
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent with zhuyin Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Links: 我絕對絕對不吃番茄 照顧我們的地球 我太小，我不要上學 我那顆在搖的牙齒絕對絕對不能掉 我不睏，我不要睡覺 但我們到底在哪裡? For a Set of Three This is a very popular set of books! It’s translated, has DVDs and there are a ton in this collection although I was only able […]
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Book Review: 國語日報 孩子的第一套節日讀本！(Chinese Holidays Bridge Set – 8 Books)
Age: 3+ with parent 5+ independent (with zhuyin) Visit our Facebook Group to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase link: 國語日報 孩子的第一套節日讀本！(Chinese Holidays Bridge Set – 8 Books) I really love this set of books for the holidays coming up including New Years. I was never attracted to the book covers on this set but I bought […]
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Book Review: 過年立體書 New Years 3D / Pop Up Books
Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Ages: 2-Adult Having Chinese New Years being known to my kids is something I will start working hard on because in the last few years, we haven’t done enough or nearly as much as I had experienced growing up. Therefore, I have purchased books about Chinese […]
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Journey Step 2: Teaching Chinese Beyond First Few Hundred Characters- Learning Curriculum Before Second Grade
If you haven’t already, you should read my first post on My Journey in Teaching My Children Chinese (Teaching Children Chinese From Age 0-5) In that article, I really stopped around age three and didn’t really go into detail of what my three year old read in the last year and what my five year […]
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Book Review: 爱之阅读桥梁书 Love Reading Bridge Books Simplified Set 简体书
Age: 5+ (with a few hundred characters and with parent) Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Titles: 鸭妈妈的蛋 箱子 最好最好的朋友 皮普要去美食国 蕾妮病了 对不起，乖乖 信 乖乖和乐乐去海边 泰尔，明天见 罗萨想当女巫 卖哥哥 弗兰克老师是兔子 这是个秘密 广场上来了马戏团 妈妈要去旅行 绿眼睛 给梅特的礼物 在院子里露营 我想写信 儒尔迷路了 This is a really nice set of picture book like bridge books! There are a […]
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Book Review: 企鹅机动队套书 – Marching Penguins (简体书) Simplified Chinese
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent (with a couple hundred character recognition) Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ This is a set of 11 books that are so…. darn… cute. It has a box and comes with five cute little bookmarks. It’s the story of 50 little penguins marching out doing different […]
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Book Review: 還要睡幾個晚上才到聖誕節? How Many Sleeps Till Christmas?
Age: 2+ with parent, 5+ independent http://www.MotherlyNotes.com Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Puchase Link: 還要睡幾個晚上才到聖誕節? – How Many Sleeps Till Christmas This is a story about a little bear who can’t wait til Christmas and wakes up Papa bear every morning for the four nights before Christmas. Every day they have […]
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C-Pen 2.0 百科掛圖 – C-Pen 2.0 Encyclopedic Picture Boards
I received C-Pen’s NEW product recently and have been holding off a review until I’ve played with it a little. Uh WOW. First of all, my daughters flipped through every page with 尖叫聲 because it’s well…. HELLO KITTY Even my very ungirly girls like Hello Kitty… so… this was a hit. There were a few […]
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Book Review: 寫信給耶誕老公公 : My Penpal, Santa
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent http://www.MotherlyNotes.com Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Link: 寫信給耶誕老公公 – My Penpal, Santa This isn’t a book about adventures of Santa but a book about a little girl who writes to Santa monthly. You’ll get a feel for holidays that occur in the year and […]
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Book Review: 好忙好忙的耶誕老公公 – The Very Busy Santa
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent http://www.MotherlyNotes.com Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase Link: 好忙好忙的耶誕老公公 The Very Busy Santa This is a cute book about what Santa Claus does on a monthly basis. Children can learn the months of the year, how it correlates to weather, some holidays and the most interesting […]
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Book Review: 瑪德琳系列 Madeline Series
Age: 2+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Purchase links: 瑪德琳、瑪德琳的親愛小狗、瑪德琳的耶誕節 – Madeline series of 3 books 瑪德琳+大象巴巴 Madeline and Barbar the Elephant Who doesn’t love Madeline? I don’t think I need to convince any Madeline lovers that these books are true classics. I struggled a bit to […]
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Book Review: 魔數小子 – Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Collection – Math Set (25 Books)
Age: 4+ with parent or independent if they know zhuyin, 5+ independent Where to Puchase: 魔數小子 – Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Collection This is a set of math picture books great for smaller kids to an introduction of “concept” of different topics in math. There’s everything from counting, addition, subtraction, to multiplication, division, measuring, time, […]
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Book Review:刷牙小小兵勇闖蛀牙王國 & 把飯吃光光好棒！Tooth Kingdom Invasion, Finish Your Food!
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Although there isn’t a whole bunch of technical terms, the message is very strong and clear through the crazy pictures. You should brush your teeth. This book is full of cuteness and at the same time presents disgusting facts about cavities. The illustration is to die for though. My […]
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Book Review: 湯姆的服裝店，加油！ 熊醫生，Tom Dress Maker, Go Bear Doctor!
Age: 2-5 with parent, 5+ independent Where to Buy: 動物村翻翻書 – 扮演遊戲禮物盒（醫生扮演組）- Go Bear Set of 3 books including the one in video 湯姆的服裝店 – Tom Dress Maker The Bear Doctor book is a book that my kids read over and over and learned quite a bit of characters from without zhuyin! It was fun […]
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Book Review: 你一半，我一半 , Split it in Half
Age: 0-3 你一半，我一半 – Split it in Half Please visit our Facebook group for more information! This is a cute little book that teaches a bit of math but also teaches easy simple language. It teaches you how to split items in half and what is the correct way of splitting stuff in half and teaches […]
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Book Review: Book Review: 可愛（的）貓熊, 小寶寶翻翻書, 爸爸，媽媽，這是我家, Cute Panda, Baby’s Flip Book Set, Daddy, Mommy, Happy Home
Age: 0-3 Where to Purchase: 可愛（的）貓熊 – 風車出版 – sorry, couldn’t find a link in books.com.tw 小寶寶翻翻書 – Baby’s Flip Book Set 爸爸- Daddy 媽媽 – Mommy – same author as Daddy but about mom (not on video) 這是我家 – (Happy House) Please visit our Facebook group for more information! I wanted to introduce some […]
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Book Review: 亮亮的成長 30本+6 CD , All About Vicky Set (30 Books + 6 CDs)
Age: 3-6 ######DISCOUNT CODE ##### Now sold on Gloria’s Bookstore: 【全新再版】亮亮的成長 (免運) Shipment date: August/September 2018, sold until sold out Use the coupon code: motherlynotes Special Pricing: $65 including shipping , $10 rebate if you pick up at her warehouse in Sunnyvale, CA Join our Facebook Group to learn more about this set! Click here: […]
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Book Review: Magic Math Stories Set 數學故事魔法盒
Age: 2-5 Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 數學故事魔法盒 Magic Math Stories Set This is a cute set of 8 books with CD. Note that the CDs do not follow the book. If you are native, then I think the math inside is really fit for kids under five but the reading could be […]
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Book Review: 翻一翻‧懂更多 系列套書 Lift the Flap Usborne Series (Rain, Flowers, Babies)
Age: 3+ with parent, 4+ independent (if you can read zhuyin) Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 翻一翻‧懂更多 系列套書 Usborne Lift-The-Flap Series in Chinese (all 3) 天空為什麼會下雨?：翻一翻‧懂更多 Usborne Why Does It Rain? 植物為什麼要開花？：翻一翻 懂更多 Usborne Why Do Flowers Grow? 寶寶從哪裡來？：翻一翻‧懂更多 – Usborne Where Do Babies Come From? This is a series from Usborne […]
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Book Review: 屁屁偵探繪本(1-5冊) Butt Detective Picture Book Series (6th one: 屁屁偵探 噗噗！有兩個屁屁偵探？！)
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 屁屁偵探繪本(1-5冊) – Butt Detective Picture Books 1-5 屁屁偵探 噗噗！有兩個屁屁偵探？！ – 6th book (NEW) – 2 Butt Detectives? Who doesn’t like butt face? Come on! It’s a butt as a face! He’s a detective who solves cases and always farts in the bad […]
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Book Review: 二十一世紀人格養成繪本系列 – 21st Century Personality Development Series
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent This is a set of 12 books with CDs in each book. It’s goal is to develop a better personality and gives topics on how to make the right choices, how to be happy, how to respect others, and all the way to where Christmas came from (weird to […]
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Book Review: 我和別人不一樣也很棒！ It’s Okay to be Different!
Age 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 我和別人不一樣也很棒！ It’s Okay to be Different! This is a book on self imagery. The boy starts by wondering if he had grown antlers, what would he do? What if there’s something different with you? How do you deal with it? Will […]
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Book Review: 花園裡有一隻老虎 There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 花園裡有一隻老虎 There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart There’s an Amazon English Version: There’s a Tiger in the Garden This is a book about a girl’s imagination. Starts off with her being bored at grandma’s and then grandma suggests […]
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Book Review: 不一樣的卡梅拉 系列 簡體書(Simplified Books – La Petite Poules Series by Christian Jolibois)
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent http://www.MotherlyNotes.com Please visit our Facebook group for more information! You can buy off Amazon!!! Yay!!! 不一樣的卡梅拉 La Petite Poules Series by Christian Jolibois This set has 12 books and it’s a really cute series! It has about 1500-2000 characters in each book but is an easy read for children who […]
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Book Review: 這是蘋果嗎？也許是喔，爺爺的天堂筆記本， 做一個機器人，假裝是我, Apple, Heaven, Robot
Part 1: Part 2: Age: 5+ Independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 這是蘋果嗎？也許是喔 – Is this An Apple? Maybe! 爺爺的天堂筆記本 Grandpa’s Heaven Diary 做一個機器人，假裝是我 – Robot Be Me This has to be one of the favorite authors in the group. This author is known to be great with knowing what goes on in the head […]
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Book Review: 我的語文小書包 , 我的自然小書包, 我的故事小書包, My Language, Science, Story Backpack Series
Part 1: Part 2: Age: 3 – 5 independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 我的語文小書包 (20本平裝圖畫書+4片CD) – Language Backpack 我的自然小書包(20本平裝圖畫書+4片CD+2片DVD) – Science Backpack 我的故事小書包 (20本平裝圖畫書+4片CD) – Story Backpack Here are three backpack series. Each backpack set has 20 little books each about 24 pages long. The language backpack has short stories, poems, rhymes and even […]
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Book Review: 14隻老鼠系列套書 — 14 Mice (12 books)
Age: 3+ with parent or independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 14隻老鼠系列套書 14 Mice Book Set I love this set of picture books. The words are simple and I am intrigued every time I flip through it since there’s always a new detail that I’ve missed before. It’s a set of picture […]
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Book Review: 便便大冒險, 遊樂園大冒險, Poop Adventure, Amusement Park Adventure (Science Books)
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent (or with parent due to no phonetic assistance) Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 探索人體消化排泄與食物分解循環：便便大冒險 – Poop Adventures 探索人體感官與神經傳導：遊樂園大冒險 – Amusement Park Adventures This is a set of lift the flap books that is EXTREMELY EDUCATIONAL as well as funny. I am kind of in love with this […]
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Book Review: Grace 說恆心 – Grace Said Persistence
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! Grace 說恆心 Grade said Persistence Grace 說專心 Grace said Focus Grace 說耐心 Grace said Patience This is the story about persistence and perseverance. I really love this book and I’m glad it’s still in print. I bought this when my daughter was two because […]
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Book Review: 阿黛兒與西蒙美國旅遊記 – Adele and Simon in America , 阿黛兒與西蒙東方歷險記 (China), 阿黛兒與西蒙巴黎放學記 (Paris)
Age: 3+ with parent 6+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 阿黛兒與西蒙美國旅遊記 Adele and Simon in America 阿黛兒與西蒙東方歷險記 Adele and Simon in China (no zhuyin) 阿黛兒與西蒙巴黎放學 Adele and Simon in Paris I love love love this set of books. It’s the most beautifully drawn classic book I have seen (ok, maybe not MOST but really […]
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Book Review: 公雞的新鄰居 Chicken’s New Neighbor
Age: 2+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 公雞的新鄰居 Chicken’s New Neighbor This is the story of a Chicken who lived next door to an empty house. Then one day, the house looks like a new neighbor moved in. Excited that he has a new neighbor, he waited to meet […]
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Book Review: 請問一下，踩得到底嗎？Excuse Me, Does Your Feet Touch the Bottom?
Age: 2+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 請問一下，踩得到底嗎？ Excuse Me, Does Your Feet Touch the Bottom? This is the story of three animals who forgot their lifesaver in the bus and one even forgot to bring it altogether. As they’re walking down to the beach, they ask each animal […]
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Book Review: 挖鼻孔好好玩 It’s Fun Picking Your Nose
Age: 2+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 挖鼻孔好好玩 It’s Fun Picking Your Nose Yes, yet another boogers book. They are popular in this household for their very educational values! This one is about an elephant, a frog, and a mouse going to ask if they could pick their nose. […]
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Book Review: 小恐龍，幫大忙 Roo The Roaring Dinosaur
Age 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 小恐龍，幫大忙 Roo The Roaring Dinosaur I love this little dinosaur. The illustrations are just so cute. This is the story about a dinosaur and his lovey. He is with his lovey all day. One day an animal fell down from the […]
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Book Review: 阿文的小毯子 Owen
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 阿文的小毯子 Owen This one is a Caldecott winner and it’s super cute. Everyone know a kid always has his or her lovey and this is the story about a little mouse and his lovey. He doesn’t want to let it go […]
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Book Review: 外公的大衣 My Grandfather’s Coat
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 外公的大衣 My Grandfather’s Coat This book has a no fail crying spell on me every time I read it so I apologize for the bad read in the in end. It’s yet again another book I was afraid to review for you […]
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Book Review: 阿摩的聰明藥 Gorilla’s Smart Pill
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 阿摩的聰明藥 Gorilla’s Smart Pill Yet another booger book! This is the story of the Gorilla who secretly ate a booger which he likes to do but the owl saw it. Scared that the owl would find out he ate his own booger, […]
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Book Review: 小秋與小根 Kon and Aki
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 小秋與小根 Kon and Aki This is the story of a cute her and her stuffed doll. The stuffed doll fox has always been with her even before birth. As she grew older, the doll grew older as well until his arm is […]
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Book Review: 黑貓與花貓，吱吱，喵嗚！Black Cat and Bengal Cat, Squeak Squeak , Meow!
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 黑貓與花貓 Black Cat and Bengal Cat 吱吱 Squeak Squeak 喵嗚 Meow! This is a set of three cat books. This set doesn’t have zhuyin or pinyin. Words are not super hard and is good to practice those characters they’ve learned! The first one is […]
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Book Review: 鼻屎大冒險 Adventures of Booger 鼻屎大冒險2：鼻屎總動員 Adventures of Booger 2
Age 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 鼻屎大冒險 Adventures of Boogers 鼻屎大冒險2：鼻屎總動員 This is the story about a booger who has never left the nostril until one day, he met with the booger from the other nostril that told him the outside world is wonderful. Then they think of […]
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Book Review: 子兒吐吐 (中英雙語書+CD) Spit Out The Seeds!
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 子兒吐吐 (中英雙語書+CD) Spit Out The Seeds! This is a very creative book. It’s about a big faced pig who loved to eat and one day, he ate all the papaya and even the seeds. All the other little pigs whispered and […]
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Book Review: 永遠愛你 Love You Forever
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 永遠愛你 Love You Forever I had waited a while before I was brave enough to read and recommend this book. We’ve had this book for years and I’m always too scared to take it out because I end up tearing in the […]
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Book Review: Guji Guji
Age 3+ with parent, 6+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! Guji Guji This book does not have phonetic guide (zhuyin) and will need a parent to read with the child unless if the child knows how to read a few hundred characters already. The story is about an egg that rolled […]
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Book Review: 阿迪和朱莉 Lion and the Rabbit
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 阿迪和朱莉 This is an extremely cute book on a little lion and little rabbit. The little lion was taught to catch rabbits for food and taught how to be ferocious and roar loudly. The rabbit was taught how to jump fast […]
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Book Review: 老鼠郵差來了! , 老鼠郵差去度假 The Mouse Postman is Here!, The Mouse Postman Goes on Vacation
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 老鼠郵差來了! The Mouse Postman Is Here! 老鼠郵差去度假 The Mouse Postman Goes on Vacation This is an insanely cute set of books and the size of it is huge. It’s about a foot tall and maybe 7-8 inches across but that’s because it has […]
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Book Review: 小小孩最愛問百科書套書 Larousse Why Book and How Things Work
Age: 3+ with parent This is a book to be read wit parents who can read Chinese without zhuyin or pinyin assistance. The book is beautiful with lots of illustrations and it’s two books that asks “Why” questions and how stuff works. This set comes with 2 books with glossy card like texture on each […]
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Book Review: 工藤紀子 系列2 工藤紀子 Series 2 小修與沃特, 海盜船 , 冬天是什麼樣子？ , 叢林之王
Please visit our Facebook group for more information! This is the same author as the Little Chicken, Penguin, and Wild Cat Series. These are their comic books and one new book with little bear and one with the life of the Cicada. The comic books have no zhuyin but are great practice for kids who […]
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Book Review: 工藤紀子 系列 小雞，野貓軍團，企鵝 Little Chicken, Wild Cats, Penguin Series
Please visit our Facebook group for more information! Age: 3+ (with parent or independent) Everyone loves the Little Chicken Series. This author is known for being very random! The stories are super cute and it’s told through pictures. Because this series was so popular, the author came out with an extra book of Little Chicken […]
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Book Review: 賴馬系列 Author 賴馬 Lai Ma Series
My video got cut off so here’s the second video: Please visit our Facebook group for more information! https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ Age: 3+ with adult, 5+ independent I love this author because his books are full of fun and information and a ton of things to see on the illustrations. The stories are usually whimsical and fun. […]
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Book Review: 白熊的內褲 (White Bear’s Underwear)，叫我第一名 (First Place)，小小迷路 (Lost Little Owl)，不行 (No!)
This is a collection of 4 books. Links below: 白熊的內褲 （White Bear’s Underwear) Age (0-3) – Super cute book about a bear trying to find his underwear and it’s a guess and look book where you can peep into what the picture will be next. In the end, the bear found his underwear on himself because […]
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Doing Arts with Watercolor Pencils & Book Review: 十二生肖的故事 Story of the 12 Zodiac Animals
I’m working on a project with my little one for her school and it took forever to do only because we wanted it to look pretty. We modeled all the animals after 賴馬’s book: 十二生肖的故事: This book tells the story of how the 12 Zodiac animals came about and how the Jade Emperor planned a […]
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Book Review: 未來領袖 CEO 菁英計劃 : Leaders of Tomorrow Book Set
Age: 5+ independent This is a set of 47 picture books and 47 CDs and one parent manual. There’s one CD for each book. The CDs do not follow the book verbatim but I find it easy to listen to for long car rides! You could let three year olds listen and tell the story […]
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Book Review: 王文華的品德故事屋 Developing Good Character Collection
Age: 3 (read to), 5+ 王文華的品德故事屋 1 – Set 1 Good Character Collection 王文華的品德故事屋 2 – Set 2 Good Character Collection This set is not really there for it’s “pictures” but they are picture books. What I love about this set is the author. He never gives out a complete flop in books. I would say the […]
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Book Review: 愛智繪本系列 Love Wisdom Picture Book Collection
Age: 3+, 5 independent This is a series of picture books (I have 44 of them) that teach some love and wisdom in each one. The words are simple and they have CDs with each book of audio reading and also a VIDEO!!! The video is slow and follows the pictures on the books, has […]
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Book Review: 奇奇系列 – Ricky Rabbit Book Series by Guido van Genechten
Age: 3+ assisted, 5+ independent This is the collection by Guido van Genechten. It’s a series of cute books that was translated. I found five and I’m not sure if there are more. I showed the five books in the video. Stories are cute and healthy and always something that the rabbit Ricky overcomes. First […]
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Book Review: 紅色小電車系列 Little Red Electric Train Series
Age: 3+ assisted This series is really simple and uber cute!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I’ll admit, I bought it because I loved the pictures when I saw it. Was it too easy to read for my 5 year old? Probably but I love it and so do they. I don’t think anyone would say having beautiful pictures […]
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Book Review: 寶寶第一套科學繪本 Baby’s First Science Picture Books
Age: 3+ assisted, 5+ independent reading This is a simple set of science books that teaches kids about why you fart, where water goes after you flush, where do babies come from, etc. You can buy them as a set through the link here: 寶寶第一套科學繪本（全套六冊+6片故事CD） I bought it because I saw the “fart” book. That’s […]
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Book Review: 莉莉尋貓記+小偵探莉莉 LILY CHERCHE SON CHAT &Lily mène l’enquête
Join me on Facebook for more information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ 莉莉尋貓記+小偵探莉莉(2書一套) LILY CHERCHE SON CHAT &Lily mène l’enquête Age: 3+ Adapted from a French book, this is a cute picture book that’s full of beautiful pictures! It’s a search and find book. Size of the book is big so beware of that. I love this set for […]
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Book Review: 短耳兔系列 – Short Eared Rabbit
Suitable Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ by themselves This series is composed of 3 books, all hardcover. Each story again gives a lesson. 短耳兔系列 – 全3冊 – Entire Series and Collection (link shows where to buy) By Individual Titles and where to buy them: 短耳兔 Short Eared Rabbit 短耳兔與小象莎莎 Short Eared Rabbit and Her Friend Elephant 短耳兔考0分 Short Eared […]
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