Little Bear (I can read book series) 5-book set

By: Else Holmelund Minarik (Author); Maurice Sendak (Illustrator); 王林 (Translator) Originally Published in: United States Format: Paperback Language: Simplified Chinese Pages per book: 32-64Price per book: $6.5 Lines per page: 1-12   Originally written in 1957 by Danish-born American Else Holmelund Minarik this series continues to warm the hearts of beginning readers everywhere.  Similar to the English version which is advertised as an "I can read" book, this Chinese version is similarly simple and suited for young Mandarin learners.  The first four books in this set each contain four short stories.  Each story is about 13 pages and can be enjoyed independently of the others.  The fifth book,《亲爱的小熊──给小熊的吻》A Kiss for Little Bear, only contains one 27-page story, but, each page contains a large illustration and only 1-4 lines of text.  In all of the books, the simple highly repetitive dialogue as well as the adorable hatched illustrations serve as great aids to young Mandarin learners.