And, there is MORE!

There are also reading resources from Multicultural Children’s Book Day and Read Around the World Summer series to make the everyday reading go around the world.

Reading is multilingual and global!  Stories are a powerful tool in teaching Chinese or any target languages!

You might also like the Chinese and Chinese culture book list and 10 Great Children’s Books in Chinese.

Chinese Books for Children Book List has five categories:

• Chinese Read-Aloud books: Books in this group are wonderful for read-aloud or read-with-me.

  • ages 0-5

  • ages 6-8

  • ages 9-12

• Chinese-English bilingual books: These are books you can read with young children and older kids.

• English culture books: From the Nian Monster to The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, these books are good reads for everyone.

• Middle School-High School, novice mid-intermediate books:  Great recommendation from fellow Chinese teachers.

• Multicultural Books:  Bringing diversity to your home and experience the cultures around the world through books.

Set a time to read with your children during the summer in Chinese and another target language.  Keep the kids reading and improving their language skills when school is out.  Reading can keep the “summer slide” away and reading opens up children’s world.

Read in different languages!  Reading is multilingual if you have more than one language at home.

Read multicultural books!  Traveling with books is like exploring the world and getting to know more interesting people.

Open a book and read with a curious mind!  Look at the pictures.  Spot the words or characters.  Be playful!

How to use this book list?

• Read-Aloud: Chinese books.  These are the Chinese edition of popular board or picture books.  They have limited vocabulary and pattern repetition.  They appeal to young Chinese language learners and beginner novice level learners.

• Read-with-Me: Books in English or bilingual in English and Chinese.  Learning about culture will encourage children to expand their connection with the Chinese language.

• Tween & Teen Independent Readers:  Culture books, Middle School and High School Chinese readers collection has great titles to choose from.

How to search Chinese books or Chinese edition books online?

• When you search a children’s book type the title of a book first then follow by “Chinese edition” then click search.  ie. Good Night Moon Chinese edition

• The above also applies to Google Search.

• Kindle Unlimited has been adding Chinese, Chinese-English bilingual picture books to its collection.  Use the above tip to locate Chinese books for children.

• Online bookstores and libraries: Amazon, Book Depository, AliExpress, BLCUP, BooksTW, and you can see an annual update of online bookstore list here to find the best deals in Chinese books for children.

Chinese Books for Children Book List

Kids ages 0-5+ Read-Aloud Books

**All books listed here are referring to their CHINESE edition.

• • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

  • Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

  • Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

  • Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

• Five Little Monkeys by Ms Sharon Lawrence

• Guess How Much I Love You by Sam KcBratney

• Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bird Vail

• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

• No, David! by David Shannon

• Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems

Kids ages 6-8+  Read-Aloud Books

**All books listed here are referring to their CHINESE edition.

• • Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

  • The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

  • If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff

  • Curious George series by Margaret H.A. thunder

  • The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

  • The Snowy Day by Ezra J. Keats

  • Corduroy by Don Freeman

• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willem

• The Wheels on the Bus by Annie Kubler

• Does Kangaroo have a mother, too by Eric Carle

• Mei Ling’s Hiccups by Mills David and Derek Brazell

• Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff

• Curious George series by Margaret H.A. thunder

• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi & Ron Barrett

• Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel

• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister and J Alison James

• Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss

• When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really, Angry by Molly Bang

• The Berenstain Bears series by Stan Berenstain

Kids ages 9-12+ Read-Aloud & Read-with-Me Books

• Anna Mei Banfa!: A Short Novel by Terry Waltz

• The Magic School Bus series (Chinese Edition) by Joanna Cole

• Magic Tree House series (Chinese Edition) by Mary Pope Osborne

• Diary of a wimpy kid (Chinese edition) by Jeff Kinny

• Monkey King series by Jeff Pepper

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Chinese edition) by Roald Dahl

• Harry Potter series (Chinese edition) by J.K. Rowling

Chinese-English Bilingual Books

• • The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Christoph Niemann

  • Chinese and English Nursery Rhyme by Faye-Lynn Wu

  • Gordon & Lili learn Animals in Mandarin by Michele Wong McSween

  • My Fun Chinese Book: Animals by Andrea Chen Lin

  • Brandon Makes Jiao Zi by Eugenia Chu

  • Bilingual Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes by Slow Rabbit

  • My First Book of Chinese Words by Faye-Lynn Wu

• First Words in Chinese books for children by Jane Thai

• Dragon Boat Festival by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett

• The Mid Autumn Festival: A Poem by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett

• Happy Halloween: A Trick-or-Treat story by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett

• Chinese Festival series by Dr. Wise

• The Little Monkey King’s Journey by Li Jian

• Cang Jie, the inventor of Chinese characters by Li Jian

• Ming’s Adventure in the Forbidden City by Li Jian

• Because Dragons Love Milk by Marie Chow

• A Nest in Springtime by Belle Yang

Chinese Culture Books in English

• • The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang

  • Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin

  • All About China by Allison Branscombe

  • Chinese Children’s Favorite Stories by Mingmei Yip

  • Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim and Sophie Blackall

  • The Emperor’s Silent Army Terracotta Warriors by Jame O’Connor

  • Mei-Mei’s Lucky Birthday Noodles by Shan-Shan Chen

  • Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall… by Lenore Look

• Celebrating Chinese New Year An Activity Book by Hingman Chan

• Confucius: Great Teacher of China by Demi

• The Boy Who Painted Dragons by Demi

• Cilla Lee-Jenkins Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan

• The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

• The Dragon Lover and other Chinese proverbs by Yong-Sheng Xuan

• Chinese History Stories, stories from the Zhou Dynasty by Renee Ting

• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

• China Emperor Of Living Symbols

• It’s All Chinese to Me, An Overview of Culture & Etiquette in China by Pierre Ostrowski & Gwen Penner

• Feeding The Dragon, a culinary travelogue through China with recipes by Mary Kate Tate & Nate Tate

• The Food of Taiwan, Recipes from the Beautiful Island by Cathy Erway

• Kate Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook by Kate Chin

• Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China by Peter Hessler

Middle School & High School Novice Mid-Intermediate

Special thanks go to fellow CI Chinese teachers:

CJ Chang, Diane Neubauer, Haiyun Lu, Yinxin Liu, Pamela Rose, and

Dr. Terry Waltz who have contributed to this reading resource for students who are in Middle School and High School Chinese programs!

• Zhongwen Bu Mafan! series by Dr. Terry Waltz

• Panda book series by Terry Waltz

• Mavis bu Gaoxing! by Terry Waltz

• Josh Duyiwuer by Terry Waltz

• I am Beibei series by Haiyun Lu

• Feifei’s Field Trip by Haiyun Lu

• Ben Dover Wants to Have a Pet by Pu-Mei Leng

• Do You Have A Pizza by Pu-Mei Leng

• Reading materials from Beijing Language and Culture University Press

• Edu.Chinese-Stories by Chinese Stories 中文故事 (e-book App)

• Chinese Picture Book Reader by AllSet Learning (e-book App)

• Tinman Arts 中国神话故事 (e-book App)

• RyeBooks series (e-book App)

Exploring the World Book Resource

• Multicultural reading:  Multicultural Children’s Book Day

• Multilingual reading: Read Around the World Summer Series

Download Chinese Books for Kids Book List PDF.

More Reading Resources to Explore:

Miss Panda’s Reading Playground Summer Reading Program 2018 -Registration

Miss Panda’s Reading Playground: Elmer’s Day and Book Activity Printables

Miss Panda’s Reading Playground: Story Time: Good Night Gorilla and Book Activity Printables

English Reading Program: Storyline Online

Spanish Reading Program: Spanish Playground

French Program: Nursery Rhymes Comptines for enfants, Activities Hello World