McKinney Library Kid's Catalog

Exciting songs in both English and Mandarin teach the alphabet (English and Pinyin), counting to 10, days of the week, months of the year, weather, seasons, colors, food, Chinese zodiac signs, parts of the body, clothing and family members. Includes a reproducible lyrics book in English, Mandarin (Simplified) and Pinyin to aid pronunciation. Singers in English and Mandarin are native speakers.

Award winner of both a Parents' choice Silver Award and Director's Choice Award. Eleven lullabies sung by singers, each in his or her native tongue and then sung in English. This series includes lullabies sung in: Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Polish, Mandarin and Yiddish.

Follow along with the crew from Sesame Street and learn Mandarin Chinese.

After a family adopts a dog from a local shelter, they cannot understand why he doesn't respond to commands, until a chance encounter in the dog park reveals that their new dog only understands Chinese.

Chineasy is the fun and easy way to learn how to read Chinese characters with pictures. Learn 100 words for people, animals and numbers, and discover China's foods, festivals and traditions. You'll be surprised how easy Chinese is when you learn it the Chineasy way.

A dictionary written for English-speaking elementary-school-level children who are taking a beginning course in Mandarin Chinese, as well as for Chinese-speaking children learning English, provides phonetic pronunication and translation for each entry, along with sample sentences to demonstrate usage.

"The Kindergartener's Handbook introduces 19 basic concepts. Included are ABCs, vowels, numbers, less and more, patterns, shapes, colors, time, seasons, the calendar, senses, rhymes, habitat, weather, chores, and school. This book develops language and reading skills using more than 300 words that every kid should know. Simple words are used to help children read on their own, and more complicated words are presented to help them expand their vocabulary....

An eccentric emperor uses his huge and beautiful wardrobe to impress his subjects. See how swindlers take his money and pretend to sew him new clothes that are invisible to anyone who is stupid or incompetent.

The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.