This book aims to cultivate childrens interest in reading simplified Chinese and assist children to learn Mandarin through reading an interesting illustrated animal story. This book is written in simplified Chinese with Mandarin Pinyin (Mandarin phonetics) on the top of the Chinese writing and English translations below. There are two activities in this book to help children recap on the story and give them some fun after their reading. Tables of Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives for Learning Chinese (with English Translations) showing the learning foci of this book are included as a reference for parents and teachers. On the last page, there is also a table of Chinese Pinyin Basic Sounds and Four Tones to provide you the basic knowledge of the Pinyin pronunciations. ,f??(????i?;E?,?{????S-??t??????f`n?,f??S-?f?,?Wb?n???,(?u?bpE??????,f?$*?K;?,????????sv????)E?,?p??(.???f`W????f`:-??1????b??h(D????);( u_pI????,? ???h???