BoBo Loves Dumplings (A Bilingual Dual Language Counting Book for Children, Kids, and Babies Written in Chinese, English, and PinYin)

I don't have kids yet but I have been trying to brush up on my (very elementary) Mandarin skills. As part of that effort, I have purchased my fair share of Mandarin-language children's books that have simple sentences as a way to practice my tones. BoBo Loves Dumpings is a great addition to my collection thanks to the combination of pinyin, Simplified Chinese, and English all on the same page. I also appreciate that the authors tried to utilize a wide variety of measure words and time phrases (then, next, last), which makes it more interesting and educational than your average kid's Mandarin book. Finally, the illustrations are also fantastic - they are adorable and eye-catching! I've already recommended this book to all my friends with young kids!

It's a cute and short bedtime story to read to a toddler. My kid loved it. It's very readable in both Chinese and English (my Mandarin pronunciation is dreadful so sometimes my wife and I take turns reading the Chinese and English versions). On the Chinese side, you get some nice exposure to numbers and measure words, in addition to food itself.

I am homeschooling my daughter for kindergarten, and this book is perfect for teaching her how to read Mandarin and English! First, the illustrations are vivid and delightful, featuring a hungry red panda as protagonist, which is native to China. Second, the Chinese and English text highlights a lot of high frequency characters and words. I also appreciated how the authors varied transition words in Chinese and use measurement/counting words for different items, e.g. pieces of tofu or slices of watermelon. Lastly, since I am a very rusty heritage speaker, the pin yin is super helpful. In conclusion, this was an excellent educational purchase, and I hope the authors continue to write more books about Bobo!

I bought this for a 5 year old, and it was loved by both child and parents. It's such a colorful, cute, and fun way to learn some Mandarin Chinese, with basic numbers, food and practical phrases. Cover and pages are glossy hard cardstock, so pages can't be torn by a destructive younger sibling, haha. It is highly appropriate for a range of ages; my friend's child loved the main character, Bobo, who is adorable and engaging.

I've come to appreciate that it is really hard to make a good children's book. This one hits the nail on the head. The text and illustrations are perfect. There's not too much text per page for my 2 year old (a common problem with other educational books), and the phrases strike the right combination of interesting to read but repetitive for reinforcement. The length is perfect and it ends with the panda napping...presumably food coma from all he ate. The illustrations are cute, the choice of vocabulary is spot on, and my son loves it ! We got a few mandarin / english books that day and this is his favorite. Bonus that all pages are cardboard.