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The information given about the product was informative and accurate, comparing it with a similar product and discussing the differences. I made an intial mistake when typing in the address to send it to. The sender was quick to acknowledge my follow-up email and ensure that the correct address was used. I would recommend this company.

It's been almost 3 years since we purchased this set and my boy still regularly asks to read them. Stories are relatable and the illustrations are so detailed and adorable. We often discover new things in the illustrations whenever we re-read the books. Definitely a timeless collection, a must have at home!

Great read for my boy who loves cake and even for us adult. My son likes the book so much that he asks to read this book daily for the first 2 weeks after we received it. He has picked up and remembered some words from the book because of that! Will get the other series when they are avialable.

These are great. I like that each story is short and the books are a good size. Per recommendation, I've been carrying one stack of ten in my bag for car rides and when waiting for food. The language is simple and clear and allows me to ask my 3.5 year old to start recognising some characters.

it's the only book we have read that depicts primary school life in singapore. we bought the 5 book series and will buy the 4 and 3 book series when we're done.

My son loves this. He completes extends the stories in each book using the blank pages at the end, with his drawings and words.

The 4 books are a series - where the penguins visit different relatives. The drawings are super nice and you can use them as talking points. Words are easy enough to read so the adult can handle it. It’s also not super wordy so it’s a fast read but can use it to start a conversation in mandarin.

The chicks go to different places that we would bring our kids to, so they can identify things that they know - e.g. supermarket stuff. The drawings are attractive, so my son always looks at the pictures and start talking about them! Great introduction to mandarin, or just to get them interested in mandarin books.

This is a short story of a little boy spending time with his mother to make a simple traditional dessert, 绿豆汤 and how they want about to wet markets to get the beans and go through preparation to get the yummy dessert. Cosy and warm feels reading the books with the young ones, simple times but so much meaning in it.

My elder boy loves this series along with the penguins and chicks, but this time this group of cats always are up in some mischief and have to make amends later. Besides reading, there are some important life lessons there to learn too. It's a book of 8 so it's lots more adventures compared to the penguins or chicks series.

My son has been asking me to read the train book on repeat. Because there are some phrases that are repeated in every page, he can say those phrases now. The words are also easy enough for parents to read so I appreciate that! Also love the detailed drawings.

Bought this selection of books as my bigger boy 4yo likes the 小鸡家庭 books. My boy enjoys the different adventures on the various transport types and could relate to the ones he has taken so far. Thank you for bringing many of this series.

My 3.5 year old enjoys this series a lot. I read to her both in English and Chinese. Illustrations are nice and I think it's a useful supplement to regular children's Bible reading.

Unexpected hit with my 3.5 year old. She asks to read it every now and then and likes to count the goats. It's a great way to introduce a little bit of history and I personally find it amusing also.

I think I enjoy reading this more than my 3.5 year old! It's very informative with nice clear illustrations and cute characters. It helps me to have conversations with my kid about science concepts but in a very relatable way.

This pop-up book about a hedgehog and dinosaur is a hit with my three-year-olds! The stunning visuals kept them captivated for 30 minutes without me even reading it. While the Chinese vocabulary is a bit advanced for them right now, I simplify it as I read, which makes it more accessible. This gives the book lasting value, as they can revisit it when they’re older and tackle the vocabulary more independently. Thank you, Linxin, for recommending this book on your Instagram story. I’m always on the lookout for more recommendations like this. Highly recommend this book to parents with young kids!

My 4yo relates to the cheekiness of Zorori and can't get enough of it. My only complain is that the story is too exciting and difficult to pause in the middle for bath time/meal time/bedtime. Need to allocate proper time to enjoy the book!

The content is v relatable to my kids who are 5 and 7 years old. Well illustrated and colourful too 👍🏼

I really love how this books tell kids that there are so so many ways to show courage. For my 3.5yo, some are very relatable, especially cycling without training wheels, while some are far-fetched ideas to her for now, so i'm sure we will keep returning to this in the years to come. lovely book

I'm sure this book will get a lot of mileage. there is so much to unpack on each page. great examples for kids to follow and be considerate to those around them! the illustrations are cute too. i started the first chapter with my 3.5yo and she could process some of the ideas

I had been wanting to get this book after seeing a recommendation on another platform. Thank you Linxin for bringing in the book. The Olympics was held this year hence when my child read the book with me, he is familiar with the event. It is interesting to see the animals taking part in the sports with humans. The illustrations are nice too.

My child enjoy reading the book and looking at the illustrations. It is a book that an adult can relate to. For most of us, everyday is about the same. The path less travel may seems scary but what lies beyond it could be full of fun and adventures. For me, the book encourages one to be adventurous. I like the illustrations too, except I have to teach my child to "fold" the 100 storeys gently so we won't tear it!

We have been borrowing these books from the library. Finally we have our own! And they come with stickers and a puzzle which my 3yo has been repeatedly fixing! Very cute illustrations and stories

These books were recommended to me by Linxin and it fully occupied my 3 year old girl on our long trips when we had to settle things at the side or doodling while waiting for food - basically every free time she would try the books and draw/color. They are sprinkled with many random facts of the item and it was interesting to learn about them for me too! Highly recommended

Can never get enough of these stickers. We bring it for traveling and sometimes car trips - it engages the little hands so well and she loves to hear me read out what the stickers are for. Very simple, fun, and great to have:)

Bought this for my 7 year old nephew who is not that interested in Chinese. At first he did not really understand the words but he was drawn to the comic pictures - eventually he enjoyed them all :) he brings it for his quiet reading time

My kids absolutely love doing sticker books and this set was no exception. Had to slow them down so the books can last longer. Haha. Only thing it says 0-3 years but personally I find some of the pages need higher order thinking so more apt for 3-5 yo

This book is really interesting. It’s a good eye opener for kids to see how people live differently across different countries, and also a good introduction to time zones.

I like how this book has many illustrations that help with explaining differences in gender to young kids. Will definitely be revisiting this several times as my kids grow older and we can go into deeper explanations.

Sound books are great as even my 1yo can independently play the sounds. Hopefully with repetition, she will be familiar with these rhymes. With my 3yo we enjoy doing the actions together - really like how the actions are drawn and explained for each line. Just today the both of them were engaged with this book for almost an hour!

The illustrations by ah guo are so cute. And I like how the USB makes it extremely easy to download all the audio (but Spotify has all the songs too if needed). It’s nice that all these songs are sung by Singaporeans so the accent is very familiar and my kids can pick up the lyrics more easily. We’ve been enjoying the songs the past few days 👍🏼

My boy loves the stories especially about the one on bus! He’s so amused and kept asking me which penguin pressed the bell this time. Illustrations are so detailed and you can see links/continuity across pages. Super impressed!

The illustrations are so beautiful and detailed; stories are so relatable to daily activities. Another creative way to use the book- for the book on shopping at toy store, we asked our boy to find items! “Can you find the puzzle? Can you find the racing car?”. And we took turns for him to ask us find items as well. there’s lots of other ways to engage your child with the content; we also asked him which is his favorite cake and what cakes would he buy for every family member (and he would ask the family member what flavors they like)- it became a Q&A fun activity for us :)

Had a great time reminiscing 1990s childhood songs with my kids. The books are to be read alongside the audio songs for maximum enjoyment. Illustrations are beautiful and uniquely singapore...

I was looking for mid autumn festival books for my 2 year old and this was recommended by Lin Xin. It remains one of his favourites even after the celebrations. Never thought that I would only learn the proper names of mooncakes as an adult, and never imagined that my little one would be able to name different types of mooncakes at 2 years old. Thank you for the amazing recommendation!

After we started reading this set, my 3 year old told me "I want to learn chinese now". this was the same kid who told me "I don't want chinese" just a few months ago. Really fun stories to read. The whole story is in conversation form so it's lots of fun!

My 3 year old spotted this pigeon at the back of every pig and elephant book from the same author so I introduced this set to her also and she instantly loved it. It's so much fun interacting with the pigeon, who acts a bit like a child so he's relatable to her. haha

The illustrations are nice. This set is a good way to learn how chinese characters are form via pictures. I started off with some words with my 3yo, we'll probably be referring this set for many more years to come!

Actually got this for myself to improve my chinese so it's not so one dimensional. My kid enjoys flipping through the pages with me too!

Started introducing this to my 3yo so she could see how characters are formed from the image of the object/noun. She has been having fun matching. Some words are intuitive to her while some are not so, so I have to help her see the link. overall these cards are fun and are of very good quality!

Such a relatable story for young kids. This was a good conversation starter for me to address my own kid's tantrums / big feelings.

Bought this because my kid loves durian. haha and true enough she loves this book. the illustrations are unique. we enjoy shouting "hao xiang chi liu lian!!" hahaha

It was interesting to learn about the different types of fillings that Zhangs have! My family is only familiar with nonya and ba zhang so this was eye opening for us! Also nice to have a "lesson to be learnt" about setting aside differences

Such a funny and cute story! Before I could even read each page, my girl would ask me "what's this flavour?" we really enjoyed the last page especially! haha what a nice surprise - my girl couldn't stop smiling. The illustrations are very nice too!

This was a cute book with cute illustrations! Kids will learn the similarities and differences between tang yuans and dumplings. After we were done with the book, we had cravings for tang yuan and dumplings hahaha

Wow every page was so relatable to my 3yo, and to me as well. She has had days when she behaved like the girl in the story, and the mother's expression/reaction in the book is exactly what I would do as well. Comforting to know toddler-hood and parenthood are universal. We liked how the story had a happy ending! And the hope that tomorrow will be a better day!

My cat-loving little one loves this series, not just because it has a cat, but because it is so silly and funny! We love this even more than the Elephant and Piggie series because this series has more colour so it just captures your attention more. And parenting hack, these are my go-tos when the little one asks for "one more book" when it is bedtime, because they are so short :p

This is another series of books that is well-loved in our house. I am a little wary of (English) graded readers because they tend to be quite dull. But not this series! The characters are cute and the stories are funny. My little one especially loves the page where the swimming pool is out of water. We always have a good laugh at that page!

My 4 year old loves eating dim sum so naturally she is very captivated by these books. The style reminds me of the Mo Williams books (but with more dialogue). The book about apologising is funny and dramatic, and such fun to read. I like how this book shows us how apologising is more than just saying sorry, in a very light-hearted manner. The celebrating is hard work book would be great to read during Lunar New Year!

Pages are thick and of good quality. Very nice to draw, color and write on. My girls have used them for zoo trips and other outings to document their explorations. Also handy for Bible scripture copying/illustration.

The illustrations are so cute and draws the reader in. My boy likes the lifeguard otter as he just picked up swimming and is interested to learn about what they do. Thank you for recommending this series!

My set unexpectedly had a torn box which made gift giving difficult, and upon hearing the feedback, Linxin of My Story Treasury immediately initiated a full refund and contacted me to rectify the issue. The thoughtfulness of her efforts turned the book buying experience into a really positive one. I was already a loyal customer because of the range of books, but now I would be hard pressed to go anywhere else because I know I can trust the quality of the books and service here. I look forward to my next purchase with My Story Treasury for Christmas gifts :)

I love this style of Chinese book, so much joy and laughter when we read it. The stories are relatable to kids and there is so much details in the illustration. It’s like a good movie that you always find new things even after revisiting it. Thanks for having this collection!

We are so happy with the excellent books and amazing service provided by Linxin, she went above and beyond to get our books to us at short notice and in excellent condition. I highly recommend!

If you're into nature-themed books, these are for you. What I like best is that every story has a lesson to be learnt, whether it's about forgiving or not being a bully. These are like the Chinese version of Timmy and Tammy, but much deeper.

These books are a bit too wordy for my 3 year old, but for now she's just soaking in the beautiful illustrations. Personally I like how the tram book can be read front to back, and back to front!

For now, my 3 year old flips the pages faster than I can read them. But I've enjoyed them myself though! And as always, the illustrations are super captivating for her, especially the vehicles she has not seen before. Very very fun set of books that I have no regrets getting. I know we'll be spending a lot more time with them in the near future.

My 3 year old enjoys this so much. She finished 1 book in 1 sitting and asked for more! She can't do it independently yet as I have to read the instructions for her, so it's a great bonding activity. Although it says 3-6 but my it's really perfect for my 3yo. Very simple yet fun to complete

I let my 15month old try this out and she enjoys it! This set is a simpler set compared to the 3-6 one, as there are fewer "rules' or parameters to follow. it's more for kids to just have fun pasting things around! Nonetheless, my 3yo enjoys it very much too! It's a fun way to get them to listen to instructions in Chinese.

I have to admit I bought this set more for myself as my 1 and 3 yo are still too young for this.. HAHA! But it's so nice to learn about our history through children books! For a start I've shown them the illustrations and that got them excited. Slowly we'll read the books together.

Have been searching for this series ever since we chanced upon 1 of them at the library. The illustrations are very detailed, delves into the routines of different occupations and also showcases so many other vehicles along the roads (and not only the featured one). Through the illustrations, we get to talk about many things including road safety. My toddler would enjoy observing and naming all of the vehicles he sees. He is asking me to read it everyday and loves the entire set so much. Linxin helped me to specially backorder the series as it was out of stock. Thank you!

I read these books when I was young, but I am so glad they now have a chinese version that I read to my children and teach them about the Gospel!

This is the ultimate fun book for screen-free entertainment!! Even I am having fun doing all the mini games and quests at every shop. We are really enjoying it so much

The stories are so fun and funny! And we really love the illustrations. My 3 year old can sit with these and flip through them for ages

We really love this Japanese author's works. So much fun journeying with the penguins and learning about Jap culture too

I was lost as to how to go about teaching my children chinese, especially since I'm not great at it. This is the perfect place to start. Just go slow and at your own child's pace

Stories are simple yet engaging. The illustrations are also amazing. There is just something about chinese books illustrations that english books can’t compare to!

My kids 8 yo and 6 yo enjoyed using this one much more than the traditional dictionary that we had. The pictures made it interesting and the addition of english description made it less intimidating for my kids to use this dictionary. Very happy with this purchase. And highly recommend parents with young kids to buy this.

It’s a great resource and will help improve vocabulary. My child loves them.

Not only the little ones had fun, even grandma joined in to spot items! Started conversations on what the items are and what they mean

We love looking at the photos and it is very comprehensive - covering so many aspects of life and the world around us!♡

Beautiful hardcover book that is great for reading aloud with little ones with actions added for more interactivity. Also grateful as always for the tailored recommendations from Lixin!

Didn’t get to read the books personally as these were bought as Christmas presents for family and friends. Most of the books' quality are good, illustrations are nice too. Love the selection of Chinese books for kids of different ages and interests and perhaps even for the parents to join in the reading too. There is indeed something for every kid out there, thanks for curating such a lovely collection.

I was slightly worried about getting this set for my 4 year old son as I wasn't sure if he would enjoy books that are not about vehicles. But I'm glad I did! Since we got the set, we have been reading this on most days before he takes his afternoon nap and he has been enjoying it and asking for it again the next day! The books are about the little daily adventures of the little rabbit and are short and easily relatable. The words are abit small but the illustrations are good.

The story treasury rectified my order after not receiving it, as I had initially left out unit number in my address. Service recovery was excellent and I’m very happy to have received my books in good condition!

I bought this book because i loved the Japanese illustrations and it definitely piqued the interest of my child to learn a diversity of vocabulary from these different shops. A fun book and a recommendation to learn the mandarin names of different provision shops!

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I bought this book for my dad to read to my daughter because he loves eating durians. Hilarious story with lovely illustrations that I enjoyed very much myself!

it was great and fun

The book delivery came super fast (next day). I’m so happy with this book! The pop up parts are so detailed and fun, happy too that it’s in English because it really makes it much easier for my kids to explore on their own.

Printed out the resources and brought my son to Chinatown to look for the items. The enjoyed the activity very much. Thank you! :)

My 2 year old toddler really enjoys this series as there are so many new things for him to discover every time he reads it, and he makes us read them over and over again!

Got it for our kids and as a gift to visiting cousins from aussie. They thoroughly enjoyed flipping through the interactive pages and could relate to some of the pictures as they visited places like River Hong Bao :)

My 3 kids enjoy this series! The illustrations are beautifully drawn with plenty of details that are relatable in real life e.g. throwing tantrums at the supermarket, the wide range of cakes available to celebrate birthday, etc. These books are also not very wordy, making it less daunting to read for the older kids to read on their own. My 2yo is always so enthusiastic to point and talk about what he sees in these books!

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My 2 year old daughter loved this book once we started reading it because of the beautiful illustrations and also the storyline. She kept asking why the dog is blind and also what he is doing to help the main character who has type 1 diabetes. It’s really an informative book to learn from and we love it!

We bought this book for our first overseas flight and after reading it daily for a week before, my 2.5 year old daughter was so excited to board the airplane! She used the book to reference the boarding area, the airplane viewing deck, and even her chouchou depicted similarly in the book 😂 it’s a great book to learn more about the airport and the different procedures before boarding so the little one will know what to expect!

My 3 year old girl requested me to read this daily to her after we first opened and read it - the illustrations are beautiful and we could learn more about the different types of fish in sushi. She was so tickled by how the cat caught the fish to make into sushi and we ate sushi while reading this book too!

This set of books is an absolute Jem. Each time we saw an ant/grasshopper around, we would bring this book up and the illustrations are so realistic! The facts are also absolutely interesting - some of which I as a parent did not know before too. Highly recommend this for a pocket friendly nature reference book!

100% recommend this audiobook - my 2 year old has been using it daily for a few periods til now (3.5 year old). She memorises the songs, toggles between English and Chinese on her own and the best is that the battery lasts for quite a long time after one charge (usb cable). Bring it out on mrt rides or car rides and it’s a gem!

Absolutely amazing book that is factually accurate (in Chinese) about the different body parts, functions. The pop up features are so attractive, enticing especially the one where my child moves the food down the different parts of the digestive system. Thank you for bringing in this book

My 3 year old enjoys the beautiful illustrations very much :) every page is filled with creativity and realistic drawings, each book is a joy to read over and over again

My vehicle-obsessed boy LOVES these books. I love them too - the pictures are so pretty, and the language is easy enough for me 😅 while still going beyond the very basics. Highly recommend!

My 4yo LOVES these books so much! They're very cute and attractive to the kids, while not being awful for adults to read over and over. There's lots of environmental language exposure too, which is really great for the language development

Wow I didn't know there were so many ways to translate, to explain, to show what is peace! Good for discussion, probably very simplistically at first but goes to some deeper meanings too. And it was fun to connect the different scenes!

Presents many different cultures in different ways. The type of food different cultures enjoy was fun to go through! Good introduction when children are younger and will be conversation starters to use again for discussion when they are older!

Such lovely illustrations with interesting details to point out and connect from page to page! A lot of fun to point out and talk about, journeying through the pages!

Magical stories with mysterious air that fascinates the girls. And then the dinosaurs island one that has interesting depictions, and the space shuttle one that has some parallel illustrations to spark imagination!

A little wordy, but will have good mileage for my child as she grows older! Lovely pictures to go with the stories, and the stories were simple yet detailed enough to provide much joy reading.

My 5yo boy totally enjoyed it as it was more easily understood as he dived straight into the comic strips next to the poem. Also helpful was the HYPY that was easier for him to decipher the pronunciation on his own after I read to him a couple of times. Highly recommended!

I read the English version long ago when I was a child. I am so glad I found this bilingual version and bought it for my daughter. I want her to learn the Bible stories as well as to listen to it in Chinese. My little one also loves the illustrations and smiles at the picture as I read the book to her!

My 2 boys aged 2 and 4 love it, sounds are realistic, lively songs with catchy beats and lots of guessing games to entertain the kids. And it's chargeable so we don't need to worry about battery replacement.

My 3yo son read this book in kindergarten and loved the book so much that we decided to get the whole series. It is easy to read and enjoyable, and the illustrations are lovely. This book can be read again and again!

I decided to get my 3.5yo his first Bible after seeing that he was enjoying some Bible stories in Sunday school. Very glad for this choice - he loves flipping through the vivid illustrations by himself and I have the happy problem of telling him that we cannot possibly finish all of it in one sitting. Having the option to read these timeless tales in both Chinese and English is really great.

This book somehow captured the attention and heart of my 3yo that she made us read it to her possibly 10x when I first introduced it to her! Perhaps because it is the very relatable story of a little girl feeling shy in front of strangers, needing mom to fall asleep at night, not wanting to share her toys etc. I love how the book frames these common toddler/young children “problems” in a very gentle way that respects the child’s inner world, and yet sending a message that these will be things that they will learn to do in time to come.

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My child is happily exploring the book himself, pressing all the buttons, and inadvertently learning the mandarin names for vehicles 😂

I love how the simple translations and illustrations clearly explain the Tang poems. A great resource for me to learn alongside my son. Very fortunate to have scored this during the sale! Even though it's marked down due to it being slightly dented, it's in a very good condition!

This set of game cards is compact and it includes everything you need in a little tin box. Makes it very easy to pop in the bag, and keeps the children occupied while waiting for food to arrive. I can see it being used in various settings (eg during commute) It's versatile and can be played in more than one way. It's quite a good brain exercise as some requires more thought. Learnt a few new words in the process. Discovered my younger child tracing over the characters one day and realised it makes a good writing practice card for simple characters too.

I like how my child (under 2yo) can press the buttons very easily and thus, always go back to this book often. Recommend!

Many interesting topics to explore. Book is very engaging especially with the interactive features included in it. Worth getting!

Some of them lesser known than others -- I've learnt some new trasitions from reading as well. #learningalongside

I was annoyed when my 6 year old daughter was talking about "farts and poop" all the time. Then I happened to chance upon this "Detective Pipi" that is right up her alley! Might as well ride on her interest! This series is so funny, captivating and interactive! My daughter has been reaching out to this series for her bedtime story every night since I bought it for her! She used to read her English Disney Princess books all the time. I enjoyed reading it too and doing all the little activities with my girl.

This Soundbook is a quick hack to teaching your little ones Mandarin! It has sound, music so fret not if you are lacking in language skills as the books pronounces the words perfectly once baby touches the different items in the book. I got this as a gift for a friend's 14 month old, he loved it! Just be mindful of the pages and teach baby to be gentle with them as they could tear.

Our family loves this series! My children (7y & 3y) enjoy the rich and colorful illustrations and identifying with the fun antics of the little chicks. It's easy to read with a simple storyline, and since buying my kids have asked me to read them over and over again. Five stars all around 🥰 and a good addition to any home library.

A wonderful series by the same author as the Little Chicks series, my kids (7y and 3y) love this one a lot too! My kids and I laugh at the funny messes the cats get into, and I like how the cats are disciplined (without shaming) and learn to make things right and clean up their own messes. The stories are simple and engaging, and the illustrations are colorful and inviting--five stars and worth the price for 8 books for this set! A wonderful addition to any home library just like the Little Chicks series. :)

Thanks LX for the recommendation that this series greatly complement the siwukuaidu series. My 3 year old daughter has built a lot of confidence finding that she can read the stories by herself. The illustrations also encourage kinetic learning. Finally, she loves the activities at the end of the book that reinforce learning.

This series of books captivated my firstborn and introduced her to the quirks a newborn might have. She would ask questions about the behaviour of the newborn. I like that the books were honest with the challenges one might face with a new sibling.

I got this series because my daughter really enjoyed the Little Chicks series. As usual, the author has beautifully detailed illustrations which allow for conversations beyond the storyline. My daughter also really enjoyed the travel theme and the various modes of transport taken during each travel/book.

This book introduces a variety of different stores and the items you can buy at the stores. The beautiful illustrations are a plus. I didn't notice it, but my 3yo spotted that there was a fun "I spy" game for each store. Makes learning fun!

Very suitable for toddlers. The illustration is very busy and allows a lot of room for further conversations to engage your child. Our son has been reading it for weeks and never lost interest in it!

Highly recommend, esp if you have a few kids of toddler to pre schooler. This series is catered to older kids than chicks set and penguin set (2 other sets that my child enjoys). Bought several sets to gift to my friends too! Makes a fantastic gift (:

It‘s a great book to engage my child and teach her the consequences to nature and wildlife of littering. For now, my kid prefers that I read the English version rather than the Chinese version. Hope she will be open to reading the Chinese version soon.

Bought the one on food anatomy. It was interesting to see the evolution of certain foods as well as humans‘ preferences and tastes. Tbh, it is more suitable for older children or adults. I’m enjoying the book more than my child. But both of us love to browse the book for the realistic illustrations of food, cutlery and raw ingredients.

No regrets buying this set of books. My child loves it! She is able to attempt to read on her own for the level one books as the words repeat throughout the books to reinforce learning. This helps to boost her confidence level. I like that there is a sheet comprising all of the words in each level. We pasted on the wall and my child has fun identifying the words.

Read this book to my 3 year old for the first time last night and she was so captivated she requested for me to read it again. Then she immediately went into this whole role play of the 蚂蚁 digging out and eating 🍉, going down the slide etc 😂 I love how imaginative they are at this age. And the book is so simple yet interesting! Such a gem!

Great set of books to read with the little ones! Complete with hanyu pinyin, it is a set that will grow with the child as he/she learns to read on his/her own!

This is part of our bedtime routine every day for more than 3 years. The Chinese and English language is written in a way that is easy for my toddler to understand, written in grace, pictures are captivating and makes a really great gift too! A MUST BUY!

The delivery was fast. Happy to buy the good book. Thank you!

My 3yo wanted this read to him on repeat when I introduced the book to him. While the story doesn’t focus on the origins of the festival, it tells a heartwarming story of family unity and togetherness. The illustrations are beautiful too!

My almost 3yo loves this! It has sustained some damage since it's made of paper, but otherwise it's been great for supervised/interactive play. Thanks for the tips in the product description too - it's given me lots of ideas to elicit simple Chinese phrases. Also happy that this is fairly compact :D

Introduced it to my kid when they turned 2, and we've been leisurely making our way through the titles this past year (about halfway through). They've picked up lots of funny phrases from the books, such as "我的英雄" and "打扰一下", which is hilarious and encouraging (for me). A frequently requested set of stories! My only small gripe would be that there are some colloquial phrases so I've been changing the words up a bit.

Nice message behind the books to reinforce that we love every bit of our kids. Actually we got this set before coming across the English version and it was a surprise that the Chinese version seems so much richer in language! My daughter’s favourite is the one about the ten toes.

I love these nursery rhymes books and music, they are so beautiful! The illustrations are wonderfully whimsical with local flair, they captivated my daughter from her first encounter. The music is gorgeous and very classy not like some high-pitched kids music.

My daughter remembers the cute dog in this book Lulu and calls it the Lulu book. I think the story is lovely as it is very positive, even if she is small she is learning and has patience. Also a few pages about quarreling over a toy with a friend and making up after, that was a pretty good teaching moment. Overall, a sweet and earnest read with beautiful illustrations.

I liked this book a lot because of the diversity of families it portrays. All different sizes and ages and colours! I am happy that I can show my kid that families come in all flavours. Also it’s fun to spot the little details pointed out in the text and I plan to use it to reinforce the numerals too.

This book has a great message and I hope my daughter learns from it to be kind to others and most of all to take care of her own self-esteem and bucket too. The illustrations are lively and brightly coloured with lots of swirls and curlicues that are fun to look at.

This book made me tear as I read it to my toddler. It is beautifully written and illustrated, and makes you feel for the main character. It shares a glimpse of the harsh realities of the lives of some of our fellow humans, but yet there is always a hopeful tone! The main message of this book may be a little beyond my daughter right now, but she clearly enjoys this book cuz she often asks me to read it. She was curious about the girl holding the water bucket on her head so we made a little activity out of that. I can see how this book will continue to be a treasured title in our home as she grows in her understanding 🤍

My 3 year old son enjoys these song books. As he does not have any screen time, this is a great way for him to still be able to choose and enjoy songs as well as to learn about God! Have been getting extra copies to give away as gifts too!

My 3 year old son enjoys this soundbook and would spontaneously go to the bookshelf and start pressing these to listen. Some rhymes, like the ostrich one, are quite funny too!

This is a cute book that helps me to reinforce the importance of dental hygiene and regular brushing with my daughter. The dentist and the crocodile both have similar dialogue but from different ends of the spectrum so it’s quite good for teaching empathy too.

A nice calm story about the virtue of patience and effort, rushing won’t make the outcome better. My 2yo daughter is a bit too young to really get the moral of the story but it’s a relaxing read nonetheless with very nice illustrations. Can be combined with some deep breathing and mindfulness exercises!

Courage is shown in various settings, I liked the pages that showed even dogs can have courage to eat strange food or get groomed! A very charming book that empowers littles to be brave and courageous in any situation.

As a first-time parent who does not speak much Chinese at home, we are so glad to follow the structured curriculum in this book! The concept is simple, to build up a basic vocab to allow children to recognise characters and progress from words to phrases then sentences and paragraphs and whole stories. The included word cards are a good size for little hands and help with more tactile learning of the characters.

I like this set for its range and real-world application. The volume that I like to read to my daughter is 我觉得自己很棒 because it helps to build her self-esteem and teach the concept of self-love! She can also relate well to 我想念你 so the set is pretty helpful for a variety of situations.

Elephant and piggie is enjoyable for this mama! The characters are very endearing, I like that there is a wide range of things that happen in the books from sharing ice cream, to playing pretend, making music, going for a drive, preparing for a party… Lots of opportunity to pick up language and most of all to appreciate the friendship and loyalty between the two. A sparkling recommendation.

This set is a winner because the chicks are very cute and get up to all sorts of relatable antics, the books are funny and sweet. Our favourite is the one in the supermarket where the chicks want to buy candy but mama hen says no and it turns out she bought all the stuff for the kids’ favourite spaghetti dinner! And it’s fun to hunt for the chicks amid the busy and detailed illustrations. There’s so much to see and talk about in the books. Highly recommend!

I love this set of books! There’s one for morning noon and night and all of them are superbly illustrated. The bird one was pretty funny for adults too since there’s a moment of drama of what might happen to the early worm… but it’s very wholesome overall. The kitty one is appropriate to set the stage for nap time. The owl one is great for sound effects.

We love the English original and wanted to get this in Chinese as well for additional exposure to a familiar story. The illustrations are abstract and it’s a refreshing change from animal books!

We got this set of books when we were expecting our second child to prepare our firstborn for the new sibling. The stories are relatable and helped to show her that even if there is a new sibling, it can still be fun rather than competitive. 我长大了 in particular was focused on the older sibling’s iabilities and experiences, which was great, rather than being too overtly preachy about always having to be nice to meimei. I also like the engaging illustration style, even the stuffed animals have emotions like when the baby’s diaper is being changed!

This book is definitely more for adults than children I feel, for me the main message is to remember to treasure the ephemeral moments when kids are very young. The story focuses on a devoted mom and her son who changes through the years. I get really teary when I read it, but it’s really more of the visual storytelling than the words. The cartoony style is super cute but it’s deeply moving.

Lift the flap books are so good for keeping my toddlers attention. The pictures are bright and colourful and I am also learning about animals and insects through reading these books! A nice touch is the English name of the animal on each page, and complete sentences of commentary/explanation too within the flap so it’s not just straight facts without the opportunities to absorb some grammar.

These books were really entertaining for me but I think the humour is a little beyond my 2yo toddler. The cats are gleeful and even though they think they are very clever, it’s funny to see them get outsmarted by adversaries or even the weather! The world of these 11 cats is not always so black and white the way that children’s stories tend to be. It’s a bit more nuanced.

This set of books is awesome!! So many lovely human stories featuring vehicles and how they are used in daily life. The police car volume is very exciting with a car chase and the long-distance bus one really has the feel of going on a holiday. Highly recommend!

This set of 7 covers a wide range of topics from grasses to trees, to small animals such as ants, snails and jellyfishes and also giant panda! The books have beautiful illustrations and contains some Q&A which kids might be curious about. What's more interesting is that it's all in mandarin, which will have high mileage for adults and kids to learn at the same time!

The little interactive pull, push and touch tabs helped to allow my 2.5yo to have a little fun on the side while listening to the adults reading to him. The 8 books contain different themes and can help to introduce various simple vocabulary.

Have all sets by the same author. Started with this little chick series - very relatable storylines of going to the supermarket, grandma's place, birthday and Christmas!

Have other series by the same author/illustrator - little chicks, penguins and cats. The cat one being his favorite as he is a cat lover. Mischievous cats up to no good and later needing to repent/make amends. The only book I didn't quite fancy was "Wildcat Army Eats Glutinous Rice Balls" as it covered abstract concept of demon/spirits/shape-shifting which I personally found it difficult to explain to a 3yo.

Bought this series as my child enjoyed the Little Chicks and Wild Army Cat series. Shorter series of 4 books with interlinked storylines of penguins visiting their relatives. Many details /side storylines - the penguin boss who bade farewell to his wife and refuse the fancy limousine for the sled, the backpacking penguin who bought souvenirs for friends everywhere and got off the bus to take the cable car and boarded at a later stage.. I enjoy the book a lot too!

Was recommended this series by LX when I shared my son loves construction vehicles - there were 3 relevant ones - excavator, building a house, fixing the road. The rest were just as well received! Lovely illustrations!

My 2.5yo loves to press and listen to the sounds of the different vehicles. While he does that, I take the opportunity to introduce to him the names in Chinese. Makes for a great learning resource especially for kids who love vehicles!

We have seen the original kid's classic by Eric Carle before and it was nice to introduce my kids to the same content (e.g. colours & animals) but to learn in mandarin this time.

My daughter’s favourite that she always asks for at bedtime “I want Xiao bo…” When she was getting used to her new sibling she would frequently pick out “小玻的小妹妹 ”. I find that there are many volumes in the set that she can relate to. Definitely recommend this set!

A really fun read and great companion to the English original. Flaps for the win. My daughter loves the page with the snake!

Great for gifting, a colourful way to introduce numbers. also good for sparking interest in food with so many different menu items for the caterpillar! The holes are fun for kids to touch.

The spiderweb in this fantastic board book is embossed so it makes for a fun read. Great book for making animal noises and pretending.

We got this book since mama likes the English original. High quality book with colourful illustrations and a simple storyline. Also a good discussion point about trying again or trying something different when the original plan doesn’t work out!

We wanted to expose our kid to a familiar title that she has in English! Vibrant colours and good quality board book.

The kids love listening to the poems and are starting to sing along. The volume is just right, not too loud (to disturb the rest of the house). Great book to spark their interest.

I love the simple and clean layout; there’s picture on one page and then few words on the next page. Easy for beginning reader to follow. I have started reading it to my 6 month old. 🤩 I am sure my 3yo will benefit as well by teaching her to recognise words.

We really enjoy reading this devotional book, it comes with songs and activities to keep the sessions interactive and fun!

Such calming pictures in the book. Because it's wordless, it gives me and my boy the liberty of telling the story in our own words. Which is great to build expressive language and imagination.

I read the English version of this to my children a few years ago and like the theology and how all the stories point to Christ. I was thrilled when I came across the Chinese version and bought it for myself so that I can learn how to talk about Christ in Chinese. The HYPY definitely helped and the language level is accessible for me.

I just received this book today and had to write a review because I'm so excited about it! It is an easy to read and simple story with cute illustrations that look almost 3D! I appreciate the simple concept of associating emotions to colours and how it would appeal to toddlers! My 2+ years old was so attracted by the different colours so I drew the monster (which is thankfully not too difficult to draw) and did a little colouring activity. And I can see many other potential art and craft extension activities from this book! Highly recommend!

Kids loved the book and are very amused by the stories. Level is accessible for my P2 child.

Really like this series and hope that more of such books can be brought in as it keeps my 3.5yo engaged and entertained.

儿童灵修圣经 My Very First Devotional Bible (Bilingual English-Chinese)

I'm trying to build my own repertoire of Chinese words in different settings so i purchased this series. I appreciate that the words are grouped based on themes and the English translation that comes with the Chinese words. The cute pictures immediately appealed to my 3.5 year old so it was our bed time read for a few days when it first arrived (although she gravitated mostly to the one on animals). While the context reflects that of Japan's (e.g. individual stalls selling poultry, red meat, fish, veg; type of trains available, it is still very much applicable to Singapore.

My kids enjoyed this series of book and I managed to read the whole book in a sitting to my girls. Love that it has han yu pin yin so my p1 child can bring it to school for self reading. The stories are funny too!

My 2y9m loved it right away! The 回答 function is great too. English labels and pronunciation are sometimes mispronounced/odd, but make for good entertainment (e.g. 臀部=buns). Terms also skew more China-style. The audio sometimes malfunctions (plays audio from an incorrect page), and our copy strangely came without a cable, but otherwise this was an excellent purchase :D

This is such a fun and interactive, yet low-prep mandarin aid for us. Both my 3yo and 7yo like doing it together and I try as much as possible to speak mandarin with them as we do the book. We don’t feel pressured to read every single word but to use this to inspire mandarin conversations. Thanks LX for the intro, still one of our favourites from MST!

Very informative book - I bought it because I realised that I did not know how the terms to our different body systems and how they work in Mandarin. This is a very helpful resource for parents, and also a very interesting book for kids as there are many interactive elements throughout the book. My son definitely loves the page where there's a bag of "amniotic fluid" :D

This is such a great book on body safety - it is simple yet it covers many aspects of body autonomy (eg: saying no to loved ones when you feel uncomfortable, when are physical touches appropriate etc.). Highly recommended if you are looking for a resource to teach your child on body safety :)

Loving all books by this author and 野猫军团 is no exception - the shenanigans that these cats get up to are hilarious and so fun to read! My 2yo toddler loves this series just as much as the chicks and the penguins ones :')

生动有趣的绘本书。字体清晰，色彩搭配分明，立体巴士更是吸引本身就喜欢巴士的小朋友。故事结束之后还可以听儿歌。我家3岁半小朋友很喜欢书中月饼的表情和主题曲。提前学习中秋节知识，也鼓励小朋友表达感受。最重要的是，小朋友愿意用书里学到的几句华语来表达。提升了对中文的兴趣。Among all Chinese story books, this is her 2nd favourite book. 1st one is 《我的情绪小怪兽》❤

I love this series! I got one set for myself and loved it so much I bought multiple for gifts. It's a great way of introducing common emotions to young children and to guide them on ways to manage those emotions.

The book arrived well wrapped, love the illustration of the nursery rhymes project 3 and catchy tunes. Worth buying for my 4 years old

I was hesitant at first as the main character is a girl, however I was pleasantly surprised my boy as he took to the book with such interest! The book has many pull/flaps/interactive bits that's lovely and well executed.

I love how the book connects pictures to Chinese characters. The silhouettes are very nicely drawn and helps with visualization on shape/form. Chinese characters are so meaningful and interesting!

With the added thumb drives of songs, this set will definitely help my kids remember the lyrics and tunes to childhood nursery rhymes. Thus far, I am only playing the songs to familiarise my kids with them (currently even I know only half of the nursery rhymes) - then I plan to show them the lyrics so they can understand what they mean. I'm glad all the popular ones that I know are in the books!

My son proactively opened and flipped through the pages of this set. However I had to go through with him page by page as there is no hanyu pinyin. Each stroke is accompanied with some examples of Chinese characters which has the stroke. Some of these characters are very difficult - for his age (he is 5). So I do wish there were more explanations to the examples though - I have to come up with them myself!

I'm glad the words are big - many of the other similar small books I own have tiny words so this is a major plus point! The illustrations are very vivid and cute. With the hanyu pinyin I can read out loud to my kids. Many of these books have a simple moral at the end too. I can also use Luka Hero with these simple books!

My son loves to count and draw buildings with multiple stories so I thought this book would be interesting to him. True enough, he was fascinated with the different levels of the bus - and especially loved the longest folded out page. He cannot read all the words yet, so I expect we will revisit this book again sometime.

We use these to pass the time while commuting or waiting for food at restaurants. My 2.5 year old doesn’t always want to follow the instructions, so it can spark off some pretty fun conversations!

Delivery was quick (and free above min spend), and the books arrived in great condition and quality. Art is really so cute even the adults would love it! Definitely recommend this seller to all SG parents who are having their kids learn Chinese!

Comic is a great way to engage children and also put certain language into their pocket in a non-forceful way. This series is so good! I shipped all the way to Malaysia (oh my wallet 🫣 but thankfully LinXin very nice help me weight and tell me the shipping upfront). The series is pretty much in primary school setting so it is a good read for my going to p1 boy as it prepares him things that could happen in p1 by catching a glimpse of what happen in 闹闹's life。There are some 成语slot into the story in between the day to day conversations. I am going to get the set no.5 of 闹闹!

This is the second time i purchased the 欢乐学习看图词典 as a gift for my close friend's kids as well as helping some of my friends to get it. The consideration in the design of the content is very细腻. This book should be a must in every household as it encompass 15 scenes you will encounter in school, 9 scenes about home (inclusive of family trees), 9 scenes about myself inclusive of my ambitions/hobbies, 6 scenes about food inclusive of cuisine from Indian and Malay, time tables (time, day/month/year, celebrations), public places and facilities, and 4 other main themes! It is a very thoughfully designed content that has nomenclature for all the things around the scene in bilingual and pinyin. The book is great for walking thru the scenes doing a I spy whether the item or words or even great to explain certain places or occasions to get the kids familiar before experience it. It could be also helpful for discussion after we go to certain places/celebration to re-inforce what they saw.

This book is fun especially when we look at how we can play with the dough at hand! Following the moves in the book creates so much laughter.

This series contains short sentences and easy to understand storyline. Love reading such books to a baby especially when there are illustrations on each page.

There are many terms and pictures on each page and it allows my child to look at it for a while without much explanation. Just staring at the pictures. Useful resource.

This book is so interactive and fun to read! It allows for imagination and prediction when we read it together!

hornbills and otters are quite a common sight around where we stay. I like the story goes beyond just being a story, but also being educational and relatable for us

I had so much fun learning about the vegetables in this series. Very informative and have really nice illustrations. Also able to learn the Chinese names of some parts of the vegetables.

it's interesting to me as an adult too. I'm glad I got this book. getting another for my friend's daughter!

There are lots of pictures which can be used to tell a story on my own to the little one without following the actual words in the book. It allows for conversations to take place on each page!

Colours capture my baby’s attention. Love how the few words on each page help to guide and engage the little one on what’s to come!

Interesting and fun way to see how the characters come about! This brings meaning to the words instead of just pure memorisation of the strokes.

This set of books gave me a chance to expose my child to the artworks of famous artists. Love the creative storyline that brings the artworks together. I myself enjoyed the books!

we enjoy the extra activities that came along with the learning of idioms!

simple for my 4yo to understand and relatable for her. I love the little rhyme accompanying each life cycle. my 10mo baby flips through the book too and I love that its hardy so I don't worry about the pages being damaged

I think it's a great set to introduce to kids who are into food. set in local Singapore context. While it may be quite wordy for those who aren't good/interested in Mandarin (like my child, I think it's a great way to kickstart conversations around the Chinese culture, and from there, to slowly and organically introduce Mandarin to the children.

This book managed to capture the interest of my 5yo+ child, who is still allergic to Chinese. The illustrations are wonderful and a great talking point to help illustrate the story of the zodiac cycle and how it was created. The little commentaries from the characters as the story unfolds are great points to "casually" insert some Chinese in too, through humour. Will make a great gift for any child.

These books are wonderful - my eldest (7yo) will attempt to read the books by herself and I love how proud she would be of herself 🤩 Beautifully illustrated too!

Learnt lots of Chinese names of seafood. Very cute and wholesome story! ICYMI Uniqlo has a sushi cat pajamas set too

My son loves vehicles and I thought this would be advanced for his age (21 months when I bought it) but he’s LOVED it from day one. He gets sooo excited about every book in the series and he can sit through it from cover to cover! The pictures are realistic, the lines teach us vocabulary for daily life, and they help my son process the world that he sees. The amazing illustrations in each book also connect to the rest of the series such that it’s one big story - really cute!

This is one of those simple yet funny storyline which captures the heart of my toddler. We read it so frequently that she can pick it up and start storytelling on her own while flipping through the pages. To add in another fun way of reading this book, I'd recommend listening to the song "好想吃榴莲" composed by chinesekidssongs. My toddler starts singing to that song when we reach the page of many 好想吃榴莲 phrases.

I like to pack audio books for long car rides because they entertain the kids without having me to read to them. They enjoyed the rhymes in 我会念童谣 and could even recite some of them by the end of our road trip. To me, that's a winner because they get to be occupied in a meaningful manner and learnt something fun out of it!

My 7yo could use it with ease and the words in the dictionary is sufficient for her current learning level. The words are big and it is not as wordy as a full fledged dictionary so this encourages her to starting using one. So glad I found this!

My kids can't stop listening to the songs and they're playing on repeat in our car. I enjoyed the songs myself and definitely brings back a lot of childhood memories! The illustrations on the songbooks are really cute and appeal to the kids too!

This book is a good way to expose my child to both English and Chinese of the same story. We also get to talk to her about the wildlife in Singapore and how we can care for them.

This sound book introduces relevant and useful vocabulary to my baby. It’s simple and age appropriate format makes it easy for baby to follow and for my baby’s caregiver to use.

This sound board book is great! It engages her with the sounds of the animals, transport vehicles, etc and allowed me to learn the terms together with her! Great start to building vocabulary.

Allowing my child to have a feel of the strokes before moving in to recognition of the characters is a great way to drive her motivation to want to write the characters in future.

This set is good for my child to have a feel of characters before we move to recognition of characters. It’s also compact and useful to carry it out.

Baby loves it when I sing to her and she would smile and listen attentively. Some songs were unfamiliar to me but the usb recorded songs helped!

This series is a good introduction to the wildlife scene in Singapore. The books have nice illustration and easy to understand narrative which made it engaging for the little one.

Good to expose my baby with the piano. She is curious whenever she sees me touch the keys to play the songs. But there are songs which are unfamiliar to me.

A book that allows us to discuss about similarities and differences of us, human beings. Allows for discussion on topics related to multi-religious, multi-ethnicity, multi-cultural, stereotypes, xenophobia, and so on. A book with much mileage.

2 year old uses the songbooks everyday, and one day to my surprise, she sang the whole song with lyrics (approximated but pretty good still!) and I was so surprised because I have only learnt the tune and not memorise the words yet. Their absorbent mind is truly amazing.

This simple book is so much fun to read! There is not much of a storyline and words are mostly onomatopoeia. I had to use the Pleco app to find out how to pronounce some of them. But my 2.5yo loves it! Now whenever we interact with dough, she would go, “揉一揉，拉一拉!” So cute!

This book blew me away when we first opened it - there are fun activities on every page! Our 2yo daughter loves dressing the boy, helping the lion to blink, pasting the couplets and touching the lantern at the back. This book definitely made CNY more relatable to her :) great find and a must-buy for all parents who'd like to introduce their children to our Chinese culture :)

My 2.5 yo asks so many questions when we read these books because the illustrations are so detailed! I really like that it covers different modes of transport so I pick and choose which is the most relevant to us at the moment to introduce to her. Love the plane one for prepping her for her first plane ride last year :)

Bought this as my 2yo daughter loves bears and we wanted to introduce her to CNY! The story is heart-warming and introduces various elements of CNY such as lanterns, fireworks, couplet pasting, music (this our daughter loves as she was playing with drums in school), dumplings. We even made dumplings for the first time as a family after reading this book! Thanks MST for helping us start a new CNY family tradition :)

This book centres around two siblings and brings us through what the family does during the eve of CNY. The illustrations are very cute and the words kinda rhyme which make it a very enjoyable and interesting read for both my daughter and me. The two siblings are quite mischievous, which makes the book more realistic, as well as, funny:) We are glad that we have made the purchase and my daughter thoroughly enjoys the book!

I'm glad that i'd purchased this book. This is an excellent resource to teach children to be kind, empathetic and considerate. The book contains different scenarios organised into family, friends and everyone(aka others). Tbh, we have not finished the book as there is so much to unpack on each topic/scenario. We are taking through the book slowly as it offers valuable reminders on how we should conduct ourselves and show concern for others in our daily lives.

I absolutely love the way the songs/ rhymes have been remastered. It’s a beautiful and fun way to give my baby (6m) and I more exposure to mandarin. Even I am learning new vocabulary with the songs too!

Using this as our daily devotion with 4 and 6 yr old. Its easy to understand and short enough to keep them interested. Love the discussion questions at the end!

Interesting and fun storyline for young kids. Makes reading chinese fun!

This is such a meaningful book which explains both familial ties and new year traditions. At the end of the book, the bittersweet feeling of farewell really tugged my heartstring. Recommended!

I reached out for recommendations based on my baby’s age and family background, and got really great support from Lin Xin to shortlist a number of books. This set is one of the recommendations and I enjoy reading it to my baby, though it is too big for her to hold on her own just yet (she is 5.5 months old)

Great for advocating good habits! My toddler is highly encouraged to learn how to put on her clothes, shoes and even wipe after herself!

It is slightly difficult for my 3 year old to comprehend. However she still enjoy listening to the tunes and matching the pictures to the tunes! Might be more suitable for 5 year old perhaps?

Her favourite series of all time! Love the series and how it taught her about nature! The pop ups are absolutely interactive!

the drawings are very detailed and mimics daily life, so it's easy to converse around the pictures with my 3 year old. would have loved it even more if the characters are humans and not animals but i usually try to be conscientious and tell my little one that animals don't do this in real life and it's the illustrator's imagination.

I'd gotten these as my child is turning 2 soon and has big emotions as she grows (which toddler doesn't? Haha). These books are a good start for her to: 1) learn about putting words to her feelings 2) understand what causes her to feel as such and 3) learn various coping strategies. This series is also a good read for traditional caregivers who are uncomfortable with children's tears and/or meltdowns, as many examples as to why they react as such are listed and thus normalised. I am however giving it 4 stars as some translations are awkward and some coping strategies are not entirely what I agree with. Still, this is a good set to start off with:)

We loved this story! Was surprised at how the story made my 2 year old daughter and I tear and sniffly, beautifully written, with amazing illustrations. Highly recommend- can imagine peeling the layers of this book for many years to come.

We loved this story! Was pleasantly surprised at how much we enjoyed the story, it was told in a very warm yet light hearted way- we shared a lot of laughs reading the book! My 2 year old enjoyed it tremendously!:)

Perfect book for us because i love sushi while my daughter loves cats. The story is very interesting and the illustrations are very cute. My daughter and I really enjoyed the book.

Very nice drawing cololurful and fun to read learn Chinese words

I read this every night now, we have the full series! Now that Chinese new year is round the corner almost every book is applicable and the exciting thing is to be able to share the food later, bring this book (bonus for being so flat and light and easy to carry) and read it right after eating. My child can quote sentences from the book and I too, have learnt and appreciate how to make these dishes from scratch!! I love it. There r also phrases that I’ve picked up from reading that I normally wouldn’t use, and started applying them as much as possible too!

I am so pleasantly surprised by all the extras that came with the book! Everything mentioned in the book they try to have ways for the children to see and touch and experience it, be it in the book or even a live sized for our homes. Watching the book come to live after going to Chinatown really helps to commit all the learning to memory. Will recommend!

I was afraid that the story would be too long and complicated for my 3yo but it turned out to be a hit. He patiently sits through it and especially enjoys the last page which is a table of birth years and their respective animal horoscopes, where he would point out the horoscopes of all our family members. My parents in law enjoy reading to him this traditional story as well. It’s well-written and engaging.

Kiddo loves this series as the storylines and illustrations are very interesting and colourful. She can spend quite a long time just admiring the illustrations. Happy with the purchase.

Very touching story. Honestly, I enjoyed it more than my daughter. My daughter is 4 and might not fully appreciate the story. But I’m sure she will when she grows up.

i got it for my 3 year old and while she didn't express too much interest in this set of books, i had a filp through and it's really quite a lot happening on each page, you can find and seek the items listed at the bottom of the pages, or strike a conversation about how the houses have changed in terms of decor and feel in between the seasons, or just whatever captivates their attention in the pages (it's animals phase for my kid now so we just identified the animals in the pages). i can imagine that conversations around this book will change as the kid grows older.

i got it for my 3 year old, and i liked that the illustrations of the animals were realistic, and the text were simple and factual in a question and answer format. my child was so captivated by it that we read through all 7 books in one sitting everyday for almost 2 weeks.

This is such a heartwarming series! We bought this set some time ago, but it's only recently when my son turned 4 that he can appreciate the length. He is not yet able to appreciate the economic concepts behind the stories, but loves reading about making food! His favourite is the 面包店, especially having read about 面包店s in 野猫军团 and 幸福小鸡. After the first time we read the book, he made bread with playdoh and baked them in his toy oven. He is still at it when he plays with playdoh. I personally enjoy seeing the warmth in the family, living and working together, as well as growing up to establish their own businesses/ family.

Thank you so so much Linxin for this recommendation! This is our first introduction to Japanese authors and we are sold :D love the environmental print and beautiful graphics in the books (my girl goes wowww whenever she sees the birthday cakes), and also the emphasis on family togetherness. Cannot wait to get the 企鹅 series already!

Love this set of books for my 2 year old girl! The graphics are very cute and simple, and the daily activities that the little animals engage in are relatable to her too. I especially love the guiding points at the back of each book which help us to expand our descriptions of each scene as we read to our little one (e.g. what colour and shape are the little animals' lunchboxes, which animals has 2 lunchboxes?) :) Absolutely wonderful buy, thank you Linxin!

The mum in the story is me everyday! The book is an opportunity for my child to know that mummy has something to learn from him too.

Useful dictionary for me to refer to when I'm unsure of some nouns in Chinese as there are often many translations on Google that I can't be sure which is correct. Having a reference book around also helps me to encourage my boy to look things up himself. It was a bit disappointing that there's only one brief page on the road as my boy loves the road vehicles and construction vehicles that he sees daily.

My son enjoyed reading it. He could relate to it and he found it funny as he himself has done many of the naughty things David did.

The book was short, without many words so it was good for my 2yo to sit through. The image of the ant's nest was interesting and the ending was really cute.

My 2.5yo's preschool told him this story so I got the book to build on what he's heard. I was amazed at how it kept his attention, as the story is quite long and he generally isn't into books, especially Chinese books! I also liked that it taught him about colours and seasons.

My son who is usually resistant towards Chinese reading has come to enjoy this set as the words are simple and the illustrations are very attractive. What I like most about it are the short activities at the end of each story to consolidate his understanding. Highly recommend this set!

We love this book with very little words but very detailed illustrations! I really like the simple story of how a boy and his mother bought 绿豆, cook and eat together, and then some! Definitely makes me feel like having green bean soup every time I read it 😂

I'm so thankful for this series of bilingual Bible stories book set! We have been reading those baby Bible storybooks to our little one since in utero and at 2 years old, she has gotten kinda bored of those. But she is still a bit too young for the more wordy children's Bible, so this series fills in the gap very nicely! Some of the books are more wordy than others so as my Mandarin is kinda shaky, I introduced the ones that are less wordy first to make life easier for myself. I’m so heartened that she would bring some of the books to us to read to her or request for certain book titles in Mandarin!!

My 2-year old like the songs which are interwoven into each topic. Simple for a young child to interact with independently. Love that it is easily rechargeable with a cable and the volume can be adjusted. The older kids (kindergarten) can also use the 回答 function to quiz themselves.

This set of books broadened my child’s knowledge of the world. The different themes are very relevant and relatable as well.

This is a good book to learn about the colours and it can even turn into a memory game after some time. The words are repetitive so it’s easy to follow!

The book has colourful illustrations and easy to capture baby’s attention. You can use creative narratives to tell your version of the story each time!

My kid loves the book. As she is always very anxious whenever she has to see a doc, I feel that this book helps alleviate the fear by making the situations light hearted. Glad I bought this book. Illustrations are very cute and colourful.

I feel that I must take time to thank you for recommending this series because I just received this today and my dg (6+) is hooked onto her 1st book 大象不会跳舞。 She tried to read the words and got better due to the clever repeats throughout the book and then wanted to role-play Elephant and then with Piggie, imitating their actions and having so much fun! And she happily packed the book into the bag for silent reading because she says that she has learnt the words already! Her learning through fun with this book says it all, I don't need to add further words to this review.

There are not many accessible dictionaries for primary school kids. This one seems to top the rest as it includes 笔画 and simple english to explain the words too. Looking forward to using it

Teaches them how to identify their emotions as they manifest in various situations and gives them the language to express themselves. Also the coping strategies are helpful. My 4yo boy finds them very relatable. I do not agree with everything in the books and there are some odd translations here and there but they do not detract from their usefulness. In fact, they will become good discussion points as the kids become older.

This set appeals a lot to me as a sciency mama, haha! Love how he introduces scientific concepts and reasoning in a way relatable to kids. We have gone through almost half of the series now and even though my 4yo son is unable to appreciate the books in all its depth yet, he enjoys reading them and applying what he learns. The day we first read the book on cuts, he said 横着切 as I was cutting fruits. This set has lots of mileage because even though we parents are familiar with the science, we can learn to express that knowledge in mandarin too!

Love the high quality photos which show creation in its detail (though I'll admit some of the close-ups look quite creepy). Text is short and simple, making it an easy read for us parents. My 2yo flips through the books on his own and feasts on the pictures. My 4yo enjoys being read to. The only "problem" we have is having to keep track of all 40 of them. They are thin and rather small, so can disappear into the hidden parts of the house when the kids leave them around.

A wonderful find I chanced upon via IG for my 4.5yr old. The bilingual stories helped to reinforce the understanding of the stories. His favorite story is Jesus calmed the storm because "Even the winds and the rains listen to Him". Thank you for curating this set My Story Treasury!

Thank u for bringing in Words of Wisdom series. I grew up with them n still hv a handful of english ones. To have the whole set would be such a delight to my boys as we bring these for devotions overseas or during staycations 💛

I bought this book for my nephew, who had recently gone with me to volunteer for war refugees. He could relate the content with the stories of the people we met, and we were reminded of what truly matters in life.

It's a really cool book that my primary-school nephew could engage with and relate to. Opens the eyes of our young and youth to the realities of the world as well as what it means to stand with courage and love in the midst of adversity.

I like this series because it details local cultural celebrations and helps raise awareness in younger kids about Singapore's multicultural society. We pull this series out before major celebrations to learn more about different cultural practices and discuss how they are similar/different from what we do. And I like that it expands my kids' Chinese vocabulary and it is really useful for parents to gain knowledge too (I personally learnt a lot).

I originally introduced this book to my then Nursery level child in its native Japanese and she loved the rich, elaborate graphics, pointing out little details together. Not only is it good for learning counting together, but the simple, linear storyline is engaging and keeps young readers interested as we move from layer to layer. I've since bought the various Chinese editions from My Story Treasury and they continue to be well-loved by my K level child as well as her younger sister.

Bought this for my 15mo as her Xmas gift. Very entertaining and engaging for her age bracket, she is able to sit down and fiddle with it independently for 10-15mins while I wash the dishes. I can see her enjoying this for quite a long while. Elder sister K2 likes to "steal" it to play too!

This was one of the first books I was drawn to on this website. So beautiful and simple, and I love the message too - a good reminder for all parents to slow down, the best lesson that a child can teach us. There are little things to observe, like how the pattern of the fish matches the pattern of the boy's top. The recurring motif of a rainbow. Simple things like the rain and the train are easily recognisable too.

Took him a while, but my 3yo finally gets the humour of the book. He asks me to read it regularly and enjoys observing the beautiful illustrations. Simple enough to flip through repetitively, not too many words.

Simple and engaging books for my 3yo. The stories are short and simple, and pretty relatable. There's a QR code you can scan at the back, brings you to an animated version of the stories. I find it useful when I've read too many books and am too tired to continue... Haha.

Real pictures, simple to follow. Great starter books to build a love for reading.

My 3yo wasn’t interested in this at first but he gradually warmed up to this. He now asks to read this book almost every day. The cute cat and mouse characters do help to make it more interesting. Informative book that clearly explains how teeth work and why we should keep them clean.

Bought it for my p5 to read and expand his vocabulary. The grandma is cute and witty but the jokes may not be that easily understood by my child who is not that strong in the language. For sure reading together with my child is much easier for him to comprehend the jokes.

Words are big and I do like that they show the strokes in sequence for each word. My P1 still needs guidance for using this but it's definitely not as daunting as using the normal Chinese dictionary. Most words are also relevant and used in P1 textbooks.

I bought this series for my K level kid to educate her on food types and categories, as well as their impact on our health and nutrition. I love that the book is factual but not intimidating. She is now able to articulate why some foods sustain our health, and why some foods should be taken sparingly. Definitely an effective educational tool, especially for K level and up, who want more autonomy in their food choices. This series does help guide and remind them to make sensible food choices.

Both my K level kid and I LOVE this series so much! 天光 and 亮亮 educate readers about local traditional foods through amusing stories of them learning to make the dishes. At the same time, they also inculcate good values like offering the first portion of food to their elders first, as a sign of respect. We have reread this series of books so many times, and always pull out the relevant ones before 中秋节 etc。 This series makes a great gift for overseas Singaporean Chinese too, as a way to stay connected to local food culture.

I bought these books to fill my K-level kid's birthday goodie bags. It's a nice bite-sized way to learn about Chinese traditional festivals but I think some are less relateable to the average Singaporean. But from that perspective, I found it enjoyable to peep through the books with festivals I was not familiar with, just to learn a little more.

I bought this book for my 6yo as she is sometimes brusque and doesn't think about others. When we read it together, it helps motivate her to think through actions and decisions, the impact it can have, and how she can be considerate. It was a useful, non-confrontational way to approach the topic and help children be more self aware.

My 6yo and 1yo are obsessed with this book, their absolute favourite from My Story Treasury. 6yo loves food so she enjoys reading about the other food cultures overseas, and assembling the hamburger etc. 1yo loves pulling out all the pieces of food to play with. As a parent, I enjoy reading this book to them, the dishes look delicious and I also learnt about some foods that I didn't know about before. Cute book and great for foodie families.

This book is perfect for the run-up to Chinese New Year. The anticipation of reunion, of simple pleasures of the family reunited. Love all the little acts of love that the parents show the chuld. The ending is a little sad but my 6yo loves the bold graphics. Heartwarming and reminds us of loving our family.

I bought this for my K2 kid to expand her vocabulary because I often struggle to think of the right Chinese word to describe things. I ended up using the book a lot for self-education! Now I have a better range of words to chat with my kids. The topics are very local and relateable. Great buy for the price.

This is a very well written and sensitive book. It's on neurodivergents but written from their perspective (as opposed to usual books that are written by NTs perceiving NVs). I found the twist refreshing. It's better for Older kids, maybe 7-9yo.

The Bizzy Bear series is well loved by my toddler. I gave her her first book at 12mo and she enjoyed laughing whenever the slides/pop-ups occur. Now at 15m she is happy to sit with her Bizzy Bear collection to work the sliders herself. I like to bring them on staycays so she can have some quiet time with interactive books which also work her motor skills.

My daughter first discovered the Nao Nao series at 5yo and fell in love with the humourous storylines. The stories are quick paced with colourful graphics and the subject matters covered engage kids well. I've since purchased every single book in the series for her. At 6 going 7, she is able to read Series 1 by herself and is motivated to read because she loves laughing along with the funny stories.

I was looking for a bilingual bible for young children and it wasn't easy to find one! I was delighted to come across this and the passages are short and easy to read. My 5 year old has been keen to read it and we look forward to using it for our family devotion time.

I love this set of books, in fact I love it so much I gifted a set to all my mum friends for Christmas! The bilingualism is of good standards, the books cover a wide spectrum of emotions, and I love that they normalise the emotions and suggest ways to cope with them. Cannot recommend enough!

I found this book touching and beautiful, but doubted my kids would like it. Now that we’ve owned it for a few years, I really ought to come and report that it’s one of the few Chinese titles that are pulled off the shelf frequently… with a repeat reading asked for the moment we reach the end! I think it’s a combination of the rich illustrations which draw the reader in, and the pacing of the story: how those precious few days of reunion for this family unfold so quietly, yet with such depth of emotion.

For my P1 child, this has been everything the description said it would be! I especially appreciate that most of the words he’s needed to use for homework and general writing/reading could be easily found in this - it’s really pitched at that lower primary level. Chinese isn’t his preferred language but he seemed to enjoy working out the dictionary’s systems (searching by pinyin, radicals or stroke count) and finding each term independently. I also like that the process of looking words up helps deepen familiarity with the characters, eg when he’s able to note which characters share radicals or sound similar. Highly recommend this.

Skipped Series 1 and went straight series 2 after running through the reviews. Recently just read through 4 books in this series to my children. My older son who is into transportation recently ((especially trams and trains) enjoyed the stories thoroughly! Very well illustrated. There is always a surprise in each story, and a magical element as with many Japanese stories. On a side note, some of the pages did not seem to be folded in the correct way but that's minor for us.

Kudos for the excellent helpful service from Lin Xin ! Beyond my expectations!

Bought this for my 3 year old son and he loves it! He likes to press it for the sounds and rhymes. Brought this book along on our road trip and it kept him entertained on the long car rides. Definitely recommend this!

Bought this for my 3 year old son and he loves it! He likes to press and listen to the songs everyday. The songs are catchy and the lyrics are clear. We brought this on our road trip and it kept him entertained on the long car rides. Definitely recommend this!

Bought this for my 3 year old son and he loves it! The magnetic characters really help to retell the bible stories and he has alot of fun playing with them. Definitely recommend this!

Bought this for my 3 year old son and he loves it! He wanted to read it first thing after he woke up in the morning. The magnetic figures help to re enact the Christmas story and keeps him engaged. Would recommend this!

It's a very heartwarming story and beautifully illustrated!

Enjoyed reading this book about local animals, and love that it's bilingual so we can read it in both languages! Illustrations were adorable and it was informative.

Great find!

This book is definitely a must buy. Every pages are colourful and exciting. Both my girls (3 & 6 YO) love the book. Thank you for bringing in this book!

My daughter likes the book and likes me to move the tabs and spin the wheel. Great book for kids and for them to explore!

My daughter (15mo) now loves to press the buttons on this book and listens to the songs! Recently she even listens to them as her bedtime lullaby! The quality of the book is also good as the pages aren't so easily torn by babies rough handling. Good for exposing our children to Mandarin :)

This is yet another excellent series by this author - ordinary family life activities that are so relatable to children of any age. The one at the 超级市场 is exceptionally loved by my 2 year old son who always discovers new food items when we read the book 😆 He also loves the 过生日 one because which child doesn’t like birthdays?! Cannot recommend this series enough!

I was a bit dubious about buying this book given my kids are already 6 and 8 years old. We are based on Australia and their mandarin is basic. However, I thought I'd try it and to my surprise, both kids like it and have learnt two of the rhymes there. It is really a great way of hearing and learning mandarin in a fun and stress free manner.

This book is small, handy and reasonably priced yet chock full of vocab that we can acquire at our own pace. Definitely a keeper! The illustrations are captivating such that when we read the book, we feel like we are actually at the store. It comes with a little booklet of suggested activities to do with the book. I have tried asking my 7yo to think about which items she can purchase with a given amount of money, and how much change she will be given - learn math and Chinese at the same time! 😄. The illustrations in the book are an inspiration for doodlers as well.

We brought along 海洋世界 when we went to visit the S.E.A. aquarium. It was very helpful for revising the Chinese names of the marine creatures as well as keeping them occupied while we are commuting/waiting for food at mealtimes. Stickers are large enough for my 4yo. It’s helpful that she can do it together with the 7yo. We have had mosaic sticker books with stickers that can be repositioned. For this book, we need to advise kids not to attempt to tear out to restick as that will result in the stickers tearing.

My child loves trains so I decided to get this book. The illustrations were really cute. However, I felt that the content was not very realistic and may be confusing for young toddlers.

I absolutely loved this book and secretly wished that I had it when I was young. My child was very intrigued and amused by several pages including the one on the digestive system. However, because it is a very scientific topic, the words are too difficult even for the adults in the family. Hence, it is very difficult to retain my 2yo's interest. I do believe it will be better appreciated by older children.

My child loves all kinds of vehicles and to pique my child's interest in Chinese books, I decided to get this series. It exceeded my expectations by the beautiful and detailed illustrations that reminded me of Japan. In addition the pages were cleverly designed. The words were also simple enough for my 2 yo to understand. I definitely do not regret getting this series.

We previously had the English book but the baby loved it so much it got chewed and got tattered. Replaced it with the Chinese version and its still a great hit! Wish it rhyme as smoothly though. The illustrations are so cute and catchy we keep reading it again and again.

this is a highly engaging book with fun on every page! you can feel all the love in the details. both young and old love it to bits!

im so amazed by the pictures in the books! its build layer upon layer with lovely scenery. my 3 year old is thoroughly fascinated by the pictures. good buy!

Both my 6yo daughter and 3yo boy loved the books! It’s easy to read (for my 6yo), and the illustrations contain so many things (for my 3yo) to discover. I bought the books on discount, supposedly dented (?), but I don’t see anything wrong with the books at all. All in all, a great buy!

I love this series! It's so lovely and really reassured the child that we love them through everything. Simple to understand. I've gotten a few sets as gifts for friends with newborns.

The adventures of the three penguins on the various modes of transport really amuse my two boys aged 4 and 6. Appreciate the han yu pin yin for certain difficult words which appear. Simple text but it provides ample space for further discussion with the vivid pictures. Recommended!

This book strengthened my 2yo’s confidence in speaking Chinese. He loves the rhymes and repeats them by singing along. I don’t have to feel stressed not knowing how to read any of the words.

A great book to read. Love the fact that it has two stories in one although one is a sad ending but that's how life is.

It’s revolutionary in learning Chinese!! Makes so much sense when the word is broken down visually and tangibly. Compared to the usual flash cards of a complete word, it’s like a “puzzle” that my girl can piece her own Chinese word.

My 8, 5 and 1-year old kids love this! The songs are beautifully put together - classics but updated with a modern arrangement, the illustrations so vivid and detailed that they capture my children's imagination, and the lyrics to help the kids pick up the language. Customer service is also fantastic - I had some follow up questions that was quickly and effectively addressed by Lin :)

汽车多多多 + 火车多多多 Lots of Cars + Trains (Set of 2)

Enjoying this series with my 3yo son. His current favourite is 学字学词 and 讲小故事. There are only a few words on the page, which make it easier to focus on. We enjoy telling the stories with the few words and many beautiful and cute pictures!

My 3yo son really enjoys the first series so we decided to get the second series. They still feature the vehicles and the illustrations are as beautiful as ever. They also tell interesting fantasy stories!

My 3yo son loves this series. There aren't too many words but the illustrations and details are beautiful. There are lots of construction vehicles to capture his attention. Would recommend this for children who like vehicles!

A great sensory book for kids! You can really smell the scents! Amazing even for adults

Gives kids a glimpse into the realities of war beyond army tanks and soldiers. Wonderfully written, simple yet poignant. Suitable for three years and above

I wondered why this set is so popular in Japan and realised the naughty cats are just like your naughty children in real life! All the hijinks that they do is so similar! But the stories have good twists and always end with a good moral foundation, which I hope my naughty boy will learn over time.

I love the warm fuzzy feeling when reading this set to my boy as it shows the simple events in his life but yet highlights how enjoyable these are! Like shopping, celebrating special events and going camping! Most importantly, it shows family life and togetherness, which is what every family is all about.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the explanations within the book were quite detailed and yet simple enough to understand. Being a children's book, I thought concepts may be glossed over but no! Definitely a good buy and hope this continues to encourage my boy to love brushing!

My 3YO is very intrigued by the book and it's illustrations. This book teaches kids on the right behavior but on the other hand remind them that their parents will always love them even if they've done something wrong. Ive been reading this book to my boy frequently and one day he decided to read to me and completed the story with "不管发生什么事妈妈会永远永远的爱你“ My heart melted.☺😍 Highly recommend for all parents.

Love the illustrations! Many, many details to pore over. And we can go window shopping anytime and anywhere. Learning new words from the labels in the stores which is helpful when we go actual shopping and point out the items available.