This is one of the books from James Mustich's 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die A Life-Changing List. Because the animals talk about wearing clothes, going fishing with dad, celebrating a birthday, imagination, and friendship, the series are great for building up common, everyday Chinese parenting and family vocabulary. Related: 青蛙和蟾蜍 Frog and Toad Books Chinese Bridge Books Review A note about the English version of the Little Bear Books

A few parents have told me that the stories are too repetitive and therefore mundane for their child, so please keep that in mind. We often don’t know which books will be a hit or drag until we try it! 2. Font size and spacing I have come across this book whilst on my first placement in a Special School. My severe learning difficulties nursery class are reading the book as part of their literacy lessons which they absolutely love. However as they are so young and don’t yet have the cognitive ability to have this book read to them fully as a class they have the story read to them as a sensory story – which I have found fascinating.Out of the six total Little Bear books, the first four books are broken up into four chapters each, while the last two books each consist of only one story. The first book to feature a cohesive plot between chapters was " Little Bear's Visit", in which all four chapters follow Little Bear on a visit to his gradparents' house. Cat and Dog (1960) – illustrated by Fritz Siebel (published with new illustrations by Bryan Langdo in 2005) Else Holmelund Minarik's five Little Bear books, which followed their eponymous ursine hero through some of the adventures of childhood, were one of the staples of my own personal library as a girl, and I recall reading them over and over again, until my copies fell apart. Gentle and reassuring, they are also wonderfully and subtly humorous, offering a perfectly realized depiction of a young child's interaction with the people and places in his own small world. Like subsequent installments, this first title contains four stories, each of which gently highlights some reality of child life. However, t here is still an ample amount of illustrations which are soft on the eyes and have lovely detail that supports the text. This is a story about a little bear that is afraid of the dark, yet overcomes this fear with the help of Big Bear, a portrayal similar to parent and child and hence easy to relate to the comfort sought and the comfort given.

Recently, I have been taking these stories out again because my 2-year-old son likes animal stories. He really likes the illustrations and the repetitive nature of the writing, often echoing what I am saying. He only knows a few simple Chinese characters (eg, 小) and likes to point them out when he notices them! Chinese character review with Little Bear Books In both English and Chinese, the story line has quite a bit of repetition which will help readers practice and memorize unfamiliar Chinese characters or English words throughout a chapter. Assuming that he effectively masters the characters introduced in Si Wu Kuai Du, which level should I start from for Odonata? This book is an example of a picture book because the text is brief, and the illustrations greatly enhance the story narrative.

a b c d Shannon Maughan (July 13, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved December 25, 2015. Take a look at the photographs that I have shared below or consider borrowing a copy at your local library to see if your child might be interested in this set!