Teaching a non-native 5 year old how to read Chinese is a new challenge for me. There is no external input from her school or family members, so it is all down to me. For reading specifically, I started with 四五快读 [Quick, Read!], which is a series of 8 textbooks which introdu...
By this age, many boys and girls do tend to have different tastes when it comes to reading. With this in mind, I've compiled separate lists of books for boys and books for girls:best books for 8-9-year-old boys best books for 8-9-year-old girls Many eight-year-olds are quite ca...
Balthazar falls in love with a human, Erika. However, when the unlikely couple falls for each other they also becomethe gateway for the rebirth of an old and powerful enemy of the Brothers.
In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation. ...
For my second book, I wanted to share the joy of living in and discovering Hong Kong from a young foreigner’s perspective, particularly one who is western-raised and of Asian heritage, like myself. The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei tells the tale of a 12-year-old girl of mixed ...
Twenty-seven-year-old Farrow Keene has one job: protect Maximoff Hale. But when feelings surface, protecting the hot, stubborn celebrity becomes increasingly complicated. Together, boundaries blur, and being exposed could mean catastrophic consequences for both.How can you resist a gay romance novel...
The picturebook’s first-person narrator and protagonist is a ten-year-old girl who describes her 16 classmates and their families; it includes no violence, no nudity, and no sexual references. Despite the title suggesting the story to be about the eponymous heroine and her family, Maya ...
Computer games aren’t just for teenage boys locked in their bedrooms says author and formerProspectsenior editorTom Chatfield– they are vital tools for social development. Here he selects five of the best books on the theory behind games, and the culture that grows up around them. ...
Children who are fans of the "Maisy" series will doubtless enjoy the bright pictures in "Maisy’s Chinese New Year" by Lucy Cousins. The Best Picture Books About China Here are the best books for ages 2–10 about China and children with Chinese heritage. They range from re-tellings of ...
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall...