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6 Chinese titles for your daily parent-child bonding time!

1/4/2021

 
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go.” – Dr Seuss

April is here already!? Hope your 2021 has been good so far! Looking for some titles to read to your child? We list down here some interesting Chinese titles to share with you for daily parent-child bonding time!

Book #1 《大怪狼变啊变》   suitable for children aged 3 and below

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WHY WE LOVE IT?
  • A simple story about Mr Wolf trying to look like other animals.
  • Easy to understand and worthy of reading multiple times with your little one, especially if he/she loves animals.
  • After reading this book, parents can consider mimicking other animals for your child to guess.

Book #2 《小白鱼放学啦》   suitable for children aged 2 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT?
  • Mummy Fish is here to pick Little Fish from school! And Little Fish has to go around saying goodbye to his friends.
  • This story about Little Fish can help your child make sense of bidding farewell and “saying goodbyes” in school.
  • Clean pictures and clear message make this book an enjoyable read before bedtime.
 

Book #3 《这是什么呢?》   suitable for children aged 2 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT?
  • The story shows that imagination has no boundaies; a drawing of a fruit can be transformed into an animal when you add some creativity to it!
  • Simple and repetitive words make this a great choice for young children who just started learning Chinese Language.
  • A vibrant and colourful book that is bound to capture the attention of your little one!

Book #4 《野猫军团系列》   suitable for children aged 4 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT?
  • This is a series of books about a team of cats and their adventure in search of food.
  • The series is especially entertaining - each story is extremely entertaining as readers get to see how the cats' carefully thought-out plans work against them each time.

Book #5 《我能自己做》   suitable for children aged 3 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT?
  • This cute and empowering book is about a little boy and his list of the things he “can” do for himself. 
  • Simple sentences and interesting illustrations make this a very good choice for bedtime reading.
  • Comes with a to-do chart of all the things your child can try to accomplish on himself/herself!

Book #6 《Grace说恒心》   suitable for children aged 5 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT?
  • Belongs to the "Grace" series of picture books on emotional intelligence.
  • This title focuses on perseverance and what it means to persevere.
  • Great book to explore with your child about his/her learning journey, what are some of the difficulties he/she faces and what would it look like in order for him/her to continue on the journey.

FIVE Chinese New Year Titles for Your Little Ones!

1/2/2020

 
Staying away from the crowd during this critical period? Fret not! In the midst of this Lunar New Year, we share our five favourite titles about Chinese New Year for you to keep your precious ones entertained at home!
Book #1 《春节放花炮》   suitable for children aged 4 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • A “seek and find” book with plenty of illustrations on various scenes about the Chinese New Year and ways to celebrate this festive event, both indoors and outdoors.
  • Discover something new in the book each time you go through it with your child!
  • Especially suitable for quality parent & child time as you go through the colourful pages together.
Book #2 《十二个小神仙》   suitable for children aged 2 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • A board book introducing the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals to your little one.
  • With the cute illustrations, children can learn about the different animals in Chinese and also some Chinese culture.
  • Parents can also help your little one identify the year that he/she is born in.
  • Definitely a good choice to wind down and prepare for bedtime with!
Book #3 《辞旧迎新过大年:春节》   suitable for children aged 5 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Beautifully illustrated book suitable for primary school going children.
  • Introduces the various practices related to the Lunar New Year.
  • With the older children, this book provides the opportunity for parents to discuss some of the traditional practices they experienced as a child but are no longer in practice today. 
Book #4 《过年啦!》   suitable for children aged 4 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • This book will pique the interest of children for all ages, maybe even the adults!
  • A 3D interactive book with plenty of hidden surprises to keep your child entertained and engaged.
  • Contains elaborate details and many hands on mini-activities, e.g. dressing up a boy in his new-year clothes, putting up the “春联” and more!
  • A go-to book for one-to-one bonding with your child this Lunar New Year!
Book #5 《好困好困的新年》   suitable for children aged 5 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Little bear is trying hard to stay awake to find out more about the various things to do during the Lunar New Year. Join this cute little bear on his journey to experience his first Chinese New Year!
  • Engage your little ones with a wealth of post-reading activities with the craft sets in our CNY story pack! 

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Team Dandelion's 6 favourite Christmas Titles!

3/12/2019

 
​Our favourite time of the year is finally here! As we prepare to countdown in the lead up to Christmas, why not inject some fun into the occasion by reading some lovely festive titles with the budding readers you have at home? Here are our top 6 favourite Christmas titles!

Book #1 《小人儿帮手-圣诞节》   suitable for children aged 3 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Another delightful title from 小人儿series, come join the big team of little people on a mission to deliver a Christmas parcel for a little child!
  • Extremely rich and detailed illustrations for parents to explore with your little ones! There is a surprise in every corner for you to discover.
  • The simple words and sentences make this book very manageable and a great tool for parents to try their conversational Mandarin with your little ones this festive season!

Book #2《神秘的圣诞礼物》   suitable for children aged 3 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • A warm and sweet story about Rory and his father, preparing for Christmas. During which, they had a challenge finding a suitable Christmas tree on their tropical island (much like our Singapore).
  • Through the preparation, Rory learnt about the true meaning of Christmas.
  • A simple story with a beautiful and deep meaning behind it, suitable as a bedtime story leading up to Christmas!
  • Parents can also encourage your little ones to expand their imagination and create their own Christmas tree as a related post-read activity.

Book #3《圣诞快乐,大野狼》   suitable for children aged 4 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Written and illustrated by our favourite Japanese author – 宫西达也!
  • Twelve little pigs went caroling during Christmas and they met the big bad wolf! What will happen to the pigs?
  • An entertaining and super fun story for parents to share with your little ones, which touches on empathy and gratitude.

Book #4《世界上最棒的礼物》   suitable for children aged 4 and above

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​WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Especially suitable for children who like animals and vibrant colours as the book uses the concept of colour/camouflage to surprise young readers!
  • Definitely a book to keep the little ones interested, with the many colourful details and excitement that leads to an unexpected ending.
  • Repetition of certain words in the book is great for younger children who are learning the language and helps build their confidence. 

Book #5《大卫,圣诞节到啦!》   suitable for children aged 4 and above

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​WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Another of our favourite series! Told through David’s perspective, find out how he turns Christmas traditions upside down in this hilarious title with a heartwarming ending.
  • Also a perfect tool for parents to discuss the appropriateness of certain actions of David and brainstorm on how certain situations can be better managed.

Book #6《圣诞节的礼物》   suitable for children aged 4 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Sweet and simple tale about a girl who prepared a thoughtful little Christmas gift for Santa.
  • Opportunities within the story to build your child's vocabulary through repetitive vocabulary.
  • ​Engage your little ones with a wealth of post-reading activities with the craft sets in our Xmas story pack!

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Mid-Autumn Festival Storytelling Session

10/9/2019

 
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Last Saturday, we celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival in advance with our 《伊伊,中秋节快乐!》interactive storytelling and craft session, where we learnt about the many customs of this well-loved traditional festival! The participants also made their own lanterns and had fun hunting for treasures at Bras Basah Complex!

A big thank you to Maha Yu Yi for co-organising the event with us, and also to the wonderful parents and little ones who joined us!

If you had missed the event, get your very own 《伊伊,中秋节快乐!》Story Pack now!
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July Story Sessions with Dandelion

21/7/2019

 
Many thanks to the wonderful parents and little ones who joined us at our story sessions last weekend!
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​We celebrated Singapore's birthday in advance with 《鱼尾狮不见了》interactive storytelling and craft session, where we explored Singapore's myths and tales with the Merlion. Then, our Reads for Tots session featured adorable pandas that were keeping secrets from us, human beings! 
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If you had missed our storytelling sessions, fret not! Our《鱼尾狮不见了》National Day story pack & 《熊猫澡堂》Reads for Tots story pack are now available for order on our online store! Click on the images below for details.
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World Book Day Story Sessions @ Sengkang Library

5/5/2019

 
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In support of World Book Day 2019, Dandelion held 2 story sessions for families last Saturday at Sengkang Public Library! These sessions were held in collaboration with NLB and MOE-CPCLL.
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We had so much fun with the enthusiastic parents and little ones at our sessions!

At the session for 5-8 year-olds, we read 《让我安静五分钟》from our latest story pack. There was so much love in the room when little ones hugged and kissed their mommies, and also promised that they would help their mommies out with household chores!

At the session for 2-4 year-olds, we read 《你需要一顶帽子》, a delightful story that got everyone cheering along for the animal characters in the picture book. The little ones and their parents also worked together to design adorable hats for themselves!
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World Book Day Story Session for Families

19/4/2019

 
In support of World Book Day 2019, Dandelion is collaborating with NLB and MOE-CPCLL to bring to you 2 FREE story sessions for families at Sengkang Public Library (Programme Zone)!
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Session 1: Suitable for families with children aged 5-8
All Mummy Elephant wants is five minutes' peace from her energetic children, but chaos follows her all the way from the kitchen to the bath and back again. 《让我安静五分钟》 is an extremely enjoyable read not just children, but also for parents!
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Session 2: Suitable for families with children aged 2-4
Elephant wakes up grumpy—until ding, dong! What’s in the surprise box at the front door? A hat! HOORAY FOR HAT! Elephant marches off to show Zebra, but Zebra is having a grumpy day, too—until Elephant shares his new hat and cheers up his friend. Off they march to show Turtle! The parade continues as every animal brightens the day of a grumpy friend.《你需要一顶帽子》 is an irresistible celebration of friendship, sharing, and fabulous hats!
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Reads for Tots《鸡蛋哥哥》Storytelling Session

24/3/2019

 
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Participants of Session 1
Reads for Tots interactive storytelling session was successfully held on 23 March at Punggol Waterway Point Party Room!  A big thank you to all the wonderful daddies, mummies and little ones for spending this precious Saturday morning with us! 

We had super enthusiastic and engaging 苗老师 to storytell the endearing story of《鸡蛋哥哥》by Japanese award winning author Akimaya Tadashi. The little ones had a fruitful session playing games, learning new Mandarin words, and practising their fine motor skills peeling eggshells (with a little surprise waiting for them inside!).
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Also a big thank you to Maha Yu Yi 友谊书斋, Singapore's largest Chinese children's bookstore, for the mini book fair too!

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苗老师 starting off the session with a peek-a-boo activity.
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Parents and kids hard at work , peeling eggshells to reveal that little surprise within!
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Little Fei Fei showing off the surprise from the egg!
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Participants of Session 2
If you had missed our event, fret not! The《鸡蛋哥哥》story pack is now available for ordering! Get yours now!
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Our Favourite #BuySingLit Children's Titles

12/3/2019

 
#BuySingLit returns bigger and better in 2019! An industry-led movement to celebrate stories from Singapore and to encourage more people to discover and embrace Singapore’s literature, this year's #BuySingLit spans over two weekends from 8-0 and 15-17 March. 

In conjunction with #BuySingLit, we thought we should share with you some of our favourite local Mandarin children's titles! In case you are not aware, we do have many incredibly talented children's books author & illustrators in Singapore! Check these titles out at your nearest public library, or at the many participating #BuySingLit stores, including our favourite bookstore, Maha Yu Yi!

Book #1 《去阿嫲家》   suitable for children aged 5 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Main character Yang Yang hops onto a double-decker bus and begins his adventure as a "bus captain". Just this story idea alone makes the book super appealing to little ones who simply love sitting at the front row and imagnie themselves going through all sorts of adventure!
  • Extremely detailed illustrations so rich that our team can spend more than an hour storytelling! Also contains many familiar local landmarks which will definitely strike a chord with readers young and old.
  • Simple sentences make it very manageable for budding readers to follow. There is HYPY, which makes it easy for independent readers too.
Book #2 《妈姐的金鱼灯笼》   suitable for children aged 5 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • A uniquely Singaporean picture book about Majie, women who came from China's Guangdong to work in Singapore as domestic helpers. 
  • The illustrations by Patrick Yee are awesome, with rich details on every page of the book. Children can learn a great deal about Singapore history just by exploring the scenes and objects depicted in the book too!
  • We recorded an audio version of the story for Speak Mandarin Campaign last year! Play it for your child while he/she reads the story book!

Book #3 《布布的鼻子不见了》   suitable for children aged 2 and above

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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Everyone LOVES the stories and illustrations created by 阿果叔叔!  
  • A super hilarious story about little boy Bu Bu who thought he lost his nose when in fact, he was merely suffering from a blocked nose! An extremely clever idea to teach young children adjectives and also the different characteristics of the noses of various animals.
  • Great way to get budding readers hooked on reading as this is just ONE of the six books under the Bu Bu series!
Book #4 《乐乐和佳佳》伴我阅读系列   suitable for children aged 5 and above
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WHY WE LOVE IT
  • Each title features a popular local attraction (e.g. Botanic Gardens, Changi Airport, River Safari and more!), so if you run out of ideas on where to bring your little one(s) out on weekends, just use the books as a guide!
  • These easy-to-read books are great for helping kids to match spoken words with print and for building up confidence in reading.
  • There are mini activities at the end of each title, and if you get our Timmy & Tammy story pack, you will also receive our set of specially designed literary logs that contain interactive activities for your little one(s) to complete!

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#BuySingLit《跟着乐乐和佳佳游新加坡》Storytelling Sessions

11/3/2019

 
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We had so much fun with the families who participated in our #BuySingLit《乐乐和佳佳游新加坡》storytelling sessions yesterday, held in collaboration with Maha Yu Yi 友谊书斋! Participants also made a trip to the food court/library for post-story activities, where everyone had a mission to complete, and a prize to win!
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​P/S: If you had missed our sessions, you can now get your Timmy & Tammy series story pack via our online store! Cart out fast :)

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