- ISBN13: 9780061577765
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Meet Lin and her pet dragon! When the dragon mysteriously disappears, Lin sets off on a journey to find her best friend . . . and readers set off on a journey of learning and discovery. By ingeniously integrating written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the story progresses, Christoph Niemann has created a book that is engrossing, unique, and memorable. The Pet Dragon is a playful introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese language and culture . . . and a terrific story to share with children everywhere. You are invited to join Lin for an adventure you will not soon forget! … More >>
The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters
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April 19th, 2010 at 1:21 am
I was struck by the creative use of the Chinese characters in the drawings themselves which were very fresh and alive. A Chinese/American friend of mine also read the book and said that these characters must be rather new. She didn’t think that her father would recognize them. I think the book would be compelling for both children and adults.
Rating: 5 / 5
April 19th, 2010 at 3:19 am
This picture book is a fun way to aquaint yourself with some basic Chinese characters. The illustrations show the character with the picture on top of it. The story is cute, and the illustrations are simple, yet instructive.
Rating: 4 / 5
April 19th, 2010 at 5:37 am
A beautiful picture book with Chinese characters very cleverly incorporated into the illustrations. A perfect Chinese New Year present for children!
Rating: 5 / 5
April 19th, 2010 at 6:48 am
Excellent book & educational resource! Quality book is large with large font and pictures. Children enjoy the story format making learning fun & memorable. Chinese character strokes are presented in a creative way; characters are drawen over an illustration to help children learn meanings. Pictures are cute/simple and story is entertaining. Highly recommend this book!
Rating: 5 / 5
April 19th, 2010 at 7:50 am
Christoph Niemann, The Pet Dragon: A Story of Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters (Greenwillow, 2008)
First off: this is not one to get out of the library, except on a trial basis to see whether you actually want to buy it (and you probably do). Niemann covers a whole lot of ground in these thirty pages; not as much as you’re going to get from one of those teaser CD sets from Pimsleur that entice you to buy the whole (and much more expensive) ninety-disc set, but enough that it’ll be a whole lot of readings before the kiddies are matching the words to the Chinese characters in the pictures. The good thing about The Pet Dragon is that Niemann’s simple, touching story will stand up to those repeated readings. I grant you, at forty-one years old, I can only say that from the side of the parent doing the reading, but I think there is magic in this story, and the kids will eat it up. If anything, the book could have been more expansive; I’m not sure sixty-four-page picture books for the juvenile set exist (I’m going back over my kidlit reading, and the biggest I’ve come across recently is forty-eight pages), but this material could have easily been expanded to that, or longer. This makes me eagerly look forward to The Pet Dragon: The Graphic Novel. *** ½
Rating: 4 / 5