Title: 海豚 (hai3 tun2)/Dolphins ISBN: 9779861615189 Author/Photographer: 作者/信誼基金出版社丶黑潮海洋文教基金會 Publisher: 信誼 Level: Non-Fiction, Science, Chinese Picture Book, Beginning Reader, Zhuyin Summary: This book tells us all about dolphins. Where do they live? What kinds of dolphins are there? What do they eat? How do they communicate? Lots of pictures. Sample Pages: Rating: 5/5 stars 5 Minute Review: Cookie Monster (7) enjoyed this book a lot. He loved all the facts and the mostly simple language. I was very pleased with the simple language because sometimes the science vocabulary is over my head let alone Cookie Monster’s. He loved all the pictures, the multitude of science facts, and all the new things he learned about dolphins. All of which he promptly regurgitated as he told Gamera (5) all about the book and what he learned. He even exclaimed at the end that he really liked the book because it was easy to…
Title: 早起的一天 (zao3 qi3 de5 yi tian)/The Day We Woke Up Early ISBN: 9789867942012 Author/Illustrator: 賴馬 Publisher: 和英文化 Level: Chinese Picture Book, Beginning Reader, Fiction, Zhuyin, comes with CD Summary: A…
It should come as no surprise to long time readers that I am an extreme personality. There are no half-ways in my world. There is either all or nothing.…
Title: 小黃點大冒險 (xiao3 huang2 dian3 da4 mao4 xian3)/Let’s Play ISBN: 9789577625861 Author/Illustrator: Hervé Tullet Publisher: 上誼 Level: Chinese Picture Book, Fiction Summary: The Little Yellow Dot is bored and…
How is February mostly over? 2017 is 1/6th of the way done and I feel like all I did was blink and stare blankly at the page. Anyhow,…
Title: 好吃的水果 (hao3 chi de5 shui3 guo3)/Tasty Fruit ISBN: 9789861614502 Authors/Photographs: 信誼基金出版社 Publisher: 信誼 Level: Beginning Reader, Zhuyin, Picture Book, Non-Fiction, Science Summary: Introduces some fruits and discusses what…
Title: 四季好蔬菜 (si4 ji4 hai3 su cai4)/Vegetables of the Four Seasons ISBN: 9789861615233 Authors/Photographs: 文/信誼基金出版社,照片/永豐餘生技丶達志影像 Publisher: 信宜 Level: Beginning Reader, Zhuyin, Picture Book, Non-Fiction, Science Summary: Introduces some vegetables that…
You know, I really don’t know how I can keep doing this series without repeating the lessons I’ve learned in the past. Quite frankly, it’s because I’m slow…
Welp, it’s a slow day here (in my brain anyway), and since it’s been hard for me to be awake past 9pm, this is the best I can…
