Children's Dictionary Stories -- The Fairy is Tricked

Author: Chen Junqi
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Publish Date: 2003-09-23
Features: The outstanding feature of this book is that it cleverly incorporates common homophones of a certain syllable in Mandarin into a story. It is both vivid and interesting, allowing children to learn a large number of characters in the shortest time with ease. Through the stories, children can also understand the meanings and basic usage of each character. At the end of each story, there is a small section with activities such as word chain, word formation, character disassembly exercises, fill-in-the-blank with selected characters, and idiomatic fill-in-the-blanks. These sections help reinforce children's ability to recognize characters, form words, and distinguish homophones. This series of books is an excellent choice for parents to read stories to their children every day and is an engaging way for children to learn Mandarin pronunciation and common characters. May it make every child smarter!