Counting with Dim Sum (Traditional Mandarin-English Version) - (Bitty Bao Mandarin-Traditional Characters + English) by Lacey Benard & Lulu Cheng

About the Book

Dim sum is everyone's favorite late-morning-to-lunchtime meal shared between family and friends. Our counting book utilizes dim sum's little dishes, accompanied by a pot of tea, as the subject for children to practice their counting. Children and adults alike will be delighted to find their favorite snacks included in the book as they turn each page. Our counting book squeezes in lots of extra learning opportunities and skills, such as encouraging one-to-one correspondence while practicing counting on a numberline, extra fun facts about Chinese language, and a non-fiction page with real-life pictures of dim sum items in the picture glossary.

Book Synopsis

Counting in two languages is so much fun with our dim sum friends!

Dim sum is a popular late-morning-to-lunchtime meal shared between family and friends. Counting with Dim Sum utilizes dim sum's little dishes, accompanied by a pot of tea, as the subject for children to practice their counting bilingually from 1-10.

"Extremely adorable cut-paper collage illustrations plate up the food, each piece with a cute face and unique expressions. This sturdily constructed, irresistible board book is a must-purchase for any library serving a Chinese community." Booklist, Starred Review

This book also squeezes in lots of extra learning opportunities, such as encouraging one-to-one correspondence while practicing counting on a number line, and identifying real-life pictures of dim sum items in the picture glossary.

- CULTURAL LEARNING MADE FUN! - THREE VERSIONS OF EVERY BOOK AVAILABLE: Mandarin with Traditional Chinese characters, Mandarin with Simplified Characters, Cantonese. - EARLY LITERACY TOOL WITH ZHUYIN, PINYIN, or JYUTPING PHONICS SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT READING CHINESE. Bitty Bao books have all the necessary language elements to support each family member wherever they may be in their language journey. Mandarin with Traditional Chinese books include Zhuyin and pinyin, Mandarin with Simplified Chinese books include pinyin, and Cantonese books include jyutping. - FREE BILINGUAL AUDIO READING IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY BOOK. Scan QR code on the back cover to hear the audio reading.

Review Quotes

One pot of tea, 2 lotus-wrapped rice, 3 beef rice rolls, and 4 BBQ pork buns kick off this delectable introduction to counting and Chinese cuisine--and the snacks keep coming until readers reach 10 sesame balls. Extremely adorable cut-paper collage illustrations plate up the food, each piece with a cute face and unique expression, which rests against a solid-color background. Each double-page spread contains a surprising amount of information for its simple, uncluttered layout. The featured number is printed in a large, white font--both as a numeral and written out--beneath which the food name is written in a slightly smaller, yellow font. For the Chinese portion of the bilingual text, Mandarin is used with traditional characters, Zhuyin (phonetic notation), and Pinyin (Romanized spellings), and Cantonese and simplified Chinese editions will be released in February 2024. Along the bottom of each spread is a counting line that highlights the numbers already learned, reinforcing the sequence and vocabulary, and a dim sum picture glossary concludes with labeled food photos. This sturdily constructed, irresistible board book is a must-purchase for any library serving a Chinese community.--Julia Smith "Booklist, Starred Review" (9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

A firewife, mom of a wee bitty babe, and the other half of the dynamic Bitty Bao Duo - meet Lacey Benard. As an American-Born-Chinese woman, raised without the gift of Chinese as a second language, Lacey is hoping to now prioritize language acquisition for her bitty babe through bilingual books, cultural events, and their school district's Mandarin dual immersion program. Lacey can often be found in the middle of the night hand cutting tiny bits of paper into cute images for the Bitty Bao books and hopes that you enjoy seeing them come to life in the books as much as she does.

Meet Lulu Cheng, a wife, mom of 2 bitty babes, with her newest title - Bitty Bao Boss. Since her bitty babes were born, Lulu has worked hard to embed Chinese language and culture into everything that they do. Lulu's struggle to find cute bilingual Chinese books for her kids' bedtime soon evolved into a #bigbittydream to make Chinese Board Bookss of her own for families just like hers. She looks forward to sharing her journey of parenting, homemade Chinese teaching resources, and some late night bookmaking with you.