Book Review: Meet Kai-lan!

I saw the book Meet Kai-lan! at Target and just had to pick it up for my little one--it's so cute!  I love how the book incorporates Chinese words in pinyin into the story.  

As many of you know, "Ni Hao, Kai-lan" is a preschool show on Nick Jr. that stars a Chinese American girl named Kai-lan.  This book's story is much like one you'd find on the TV show.  First, Kai-lan wakes up the sun, then she visits her grandpa, YeYe, and admires his hat.  She and her friends decide to make hats and have a hat parade.  Rintoo the tiger and Hoho the monkey get into an argument.  Can Kai-lan help everyone to make peace in order to go on with the parade?

Overall, I thought this was a cute story, and my kids enjoyed it.  The characters are adorable, and the book tries to teach kids how to resolve disagreements between friends. 

One recommendation for improvement would be for the editors to add the tones to the pinyin, as the tones are necessary in order for new Chinese learners to know how to pronounce the words.  I looked up the tones in this Chinese-English dictionary and wrote them in myself.

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