Books about Chinese Culture You Can Read to Kids

Reading to children has proven to be of great importance as it helps in their cognitive development process; it helps in their language acquisition and literacy skills. When a kid is being read to, thousands of brain cells are formed rapidly and at the same time strengthens and develops many existing connections. With importance attached to reading to kids, you can imagine how much more importance could be attached to reading a book related to your culture to your kids. Therefore, when you read books about Chinese culture to your kids, their minds will be filled with thoughts about Chinese culture, tradition, and online language services like Lingo Bus will also help them to understand Mandarin Chinese better with professional online Chinese Tutor. If you want to read a book online for your kids, here are some fun books to read!

Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

Dim sum In English can be said to mean "little hearts,” or "touches the heart," but to the young girl, dim sum means delicious. In the book, a child describes the various little dishes she and her family enjoyed on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown. According to traditional, they share their food with each other so that everyone gets a bite of everything. The book is right for young children as it celebrates a cultural custom and a universal favorite activity, eating! You would be absolutely obsessed with the idea of getting to go to a restaurant and pick out your own "little" dishes of food. In addition, the illustrations in the book are bright, bold, and beautiful! Perfect for children. Dim Sum for Everyone was written by Grace Lin and was published on January 15, 2003.

Goldy luck and the three pandas by Natasha Yim, Grace Zong

In this funny picture book, Goldy Luck’s mum instructs her mother to drop off turnip cakes at the Chan’s house but met no one at home. She eats up the littlest their rice porridge, tried their chairs and beds which results in the breaking of their chair and rumpling of their blankets. When Goldy takes responsibility for her actions, she makes a new friend (and a whole plate of turnip cakes!) just in time for Chinese New Year. Goldy luck and the three pandas was written by Natasha Yim, illustrated by Grace Zong, and was published on January 7, 2014.

Dragon dance: A Chinese New Year lift-the-flap book by Joan Holus

This book introduces the reader to the customs of Chinese New Year celebration by celebrating the New Year with special foods, gifts of money tucked into red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa for good luck, shopping for flowers, fireworks, and parades with dramatic dragon puppets. The bouncy, rhyming text and large flaps on sturdy pages make the book perfect and interesting for young children. Dragon dance: A Chinese New Year lift-the-flap book was written by Joan Holus and illustrated by Benrei Huang.

Ruby's Chinese New Year by Joey Chou

In this book, Ruby’s grandmother is unable to come for the Chinese New Year but Ruby is determined to deliver her special gift (drawing) to her regardless of the obstacles between them. Animals like strong Ox, clever Rat etc. from the Chinese zodiac help a little girl to achieve her dream. This picture book celebrates the Chinese New Year and focuses on the Chinese zodiac animals. Ruby's Chinese New Year was written Vickie Lee and illustrated by Joey Chou.

Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes: Share and Sing in Two Language Faye-Lynn Wu

Since it is never too early to immerse children in foreign languages and culture, there is need to read books online for kids. This awesome book is a multicultural children's book that teaches classic fairy tales in both English and Mandarin Chinese. In Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes, an innovative collection of favorite rhymes are put in pairs—one from China and the next in English to show that kids all over the world love the same thing.