Simple, joyful Chinese stories to read aloud together.

The 毛毛虫系列 Caterpillar Series is part of Marshall Cavendish Education's Learning Chinese With Fun programme. The full series runs to 24 readers across three graded levels, eight books in each. Vocabulary builds gently from one level to the next, so children meet new words at a pace they can manage.

The stories are set in places children already know — the playground, the bus, the bedroom — which makes them easy to relate to and easy to talk about afterwards. Across the series the books cover colours, transport, comparing tall and short, heavy and light, and everyday habits.

Each book ends with a reading guide giving page-by-page pointers, so you can lead the reading even if your own Chinese is rusty.

Aligned to YCT Level 1.

The eight titles in Level 2

• 高高的矮矮的 (Tall and Short)
• 画画 (Drawing)
• 秋千 (The Swing)
• 飞呀飞 (Fly, Fly)
• 房间里 (In the Room)
• 见面 (Meeting Up)
• 我们一起跳 (Let's Jump Together)
• 小小的和大大的 (Small and Big)

Also available: Level 1 and Level 3.