Children's board books

penben
 July 29, 2008, 02:31 PM posted in General Discussion

I'm looking to buy some board books in Chinese for my 1 year old.  I'd love to learn the characters in the books and read them to her.  Here in Baltimore, it is hard to find anything in Chinese, and I'm not seeing them on Amazon either.  Can anybody help?  Is there any place online (that I could navigate without being able to read Chinese at an adult level) that such books could be purchased?

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shenhe
 July 29, 2008, 05:17 PM

No tiny Chinatown-like area in Baltimore?

Not quite what you wanted, but since it's for a 1-year-old, how about http://www.amazon.com/Babys-First-Words-Chinese/dp/1400023645/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217351271&sr=8-2

The following two are for older children, but if you're reading them to your kid, it won't matter, and they are quite good.

http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Children-Textbook-ChinaSprout/dp/0974730270/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217351271&sr=8-5

http://www.amazon.com/Max-Mei-Martha-Keswick/dp/988997956X/ref=tag_stp_st_edpp_url

Check out the following websites as well:

http://www.chinesetapes.com/

http://www.asianparent.com/

Hope I was able to help you.

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penben
 July 29, 2008, 07:26 PM

Thanks for the help!  These things look great.  AsianParent.com especially has exactly what I was looking for. 

Yeah, unfortunately, there is no Chinatown in Baltimore.  DC, yes, and Philadelphia even better, but now that we have the little one we don't make it out to either anymore.