Reading Time: Red is a Dragon

How many siblings do you have? What is going on with "The Seven Sisters"? Dragon is from China and the color red is the lucky color for Chinese. Let's take a look at "Red is a Dragon" and see what we can find! Who is the fastest one in "The Great Race"? The Rat or the pig? Here is the reading list for November. Enjoy!

(1) The Seven Sisters
by Kathy Tucker

(2) Red is a Dragon
by Roseanne Thong/Grace Lin

(3) The Great Race
by Dawn Casey

Reading Time: Dim Sum for Every One

My children enjoy the following books. A lot of facts about China and Chinese culture in the Ms. Frizzle's book. An interesting introduction to Chinese characters in "The Pet Dragon". After reading "Dim Sum for Every one" a family field trip to a Dim Sum restaurant is a great choice. Here is the list for October. Have fun reading!

(1) Ms. Frizzle's Adventure Imperial China
by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen

(2) The Pet Dragon
by Christopher Niemann

(3) Dim Sum for Every one!
by Grace Lin

Reading Time: Thanking the Moon - celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival

Moon Festival is also known as Mid Autumn Festival. Moon Festival is the theme for September. Here is the reading list. Don't forget to try some moon cake!

(1) Thanking the Moon - celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
by Grace Lin

(2) Thank you, Meiling
by Linda Talley

(3) Mei Ling in China City
by Icy Smith

Do you have any favorite culture books you would like to share? Leave a reply and let me know.

Family Members

Who do you have in your family? Who plays basketball? Who bakes the best cakes? Let's take a look at our family members. Join Miss Panda and have fun speaking Chinese! Ready? Let's go! My special guest today is Ge Ge - big brother! Click link below to the podcast.

Click HERE to listen to Miss Panda Chinese Podcast

Word List for this edition of Podcast: English/pinyin/Chinese traditional

Daddy/Dad - bà ba - 爸爸

Mommy/Mom - mā ma - 媽媽

Older brother - gē ge- 哥哥

Younger brother - dì di- 弟弟

Older sister - jiě jie - 姊姊

Younger sister - mèi mei - 妹妹

These are your family members in your family.

Family/ Family member(s) - jiā rén - 家人

Have fun and see you next time!
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PBS Kids-Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat

Check out PBS Kids for "Sagwa-The Chinese Siamese Cat" interactive games for young children. Fun exposure to kids for Chinese culture and China's historical past. Click Link below.

PBS Kis Sagwa-The Chinese Siamese Cat

Jackie Chan Singing in Mandarin - Mulan

Who's speaking Mandarin Chinese? Jackie Chan! Jackie Chan did voice over for the movie, Mulan. Listen to Jackie Chan singing in Mandarin Chinese for movie, MuLan. What do you think?

An Introduction to Chinese Characters - Part One

Here is a short video giving an Introduction to the beautiful Chinese characters in the pictogram group. Many Chinese characters are like pictures and those are the basic elements/words to form the compound characters. Enjoy the beauty of Chinese characters and culture!