
This topical guide will introduce you to important books, videos, and information resources available from the EI Clearinghouse and other sources. Contact us via online form or by phone (1-877-275-3227) to request a resource listed below (or ask your local public librarian). Note that some videos may be viewed online, and journal titles will take you to the publisher’s homepage.
EIC Resources
EIC Library Items
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Babies love looking at other babies, and these charming baby faces–smiling, frowning, laughing, being silly or serious–are sure to captivate and delight toddlers and babies. They will ask to read the book again and again. Self-expression has never been more adorable!
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BoBo, our hungry red panda, loves to eat! Join him on his food adventure, as he counts through his delicious meal in English and Chinese!
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Babies love to look at high contrast colors and patterns. Research has shown that a baby’s developing retina sees bold color contrasts best; all around the world, black and white and red are babies’ favorite colors! Babies also seek out geometric shapes, especially circles, which readily captivate their interest. The calligraphy symbols in this book not only introduce the beauty of Chinese language but are specifically designed to capture a baby’s visual attention. They were created to naturally attract a baby’s gaze in order to increase visual attention and stimulate brain development.
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Introduces the variety of color in the animal world while teaching the names of eleven colors through illustrations of animals ranging from the common green frog to the exotic purple bignose unicorn fish.
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Addresses the trait sensitivity in children and offers a guide for highly sensitive children and their caregivers, including such topics as how to soothe highly sensitive infants, helping sensitive children survive in a not-so-sensitive world, and helping make school and friendships enjoyable.
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Little Bun is learning how to express his emotions with words. Little Bun is sharing how he feels so people around him can understand him and support him.
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Labeled drawings provide a wide range of everyday terms from the telephone to human anatomy in English and Mandarin Chinese.
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Every word includes the English word, Chinese character, Pinyin, and a pronunciation guide for easy learning success.
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Children and their parents can learn to count to ten in both English and Mandarin in this fun bilingual counting book of food. This book features traditional Chinese foods paired with numbers in both English and Chinese. Illustrated by Rich Lo, two is for chopsticks, five is for egg rolls, and nine is for sweet buns, and since the numbers are shown in both simplified and traditional Chinese and English, learning is both easy and fun.
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Ding dong! A package has arrived, and it is for Patty Panda. Opening the package reveals a new toilet, for Patty’s new challenge: potty training! Patty works hard, but it does not happen right away. She must avoid falling into her potty and making a huge mess. Determined to become a big girl, Patty persists and masters the potty with practice. Patty Panda Gets a Potty: A rhyming story in Chinese and English about a mixed girl who experiences potty training emotions for the first time. This book is a perfect addition to the multilingual bookshelf celebrating a childhood milestone that transcends cultures. With colorful illustrations and traditional Chinese characters accompanied by zhuyin and pinyin, readers are sure to appreciate this funny coming-of-age story
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Let’s Learn Kind Words is a bilingual children’s book that focuses on thirty kind words. It is never too early to introduce Chinese characters to children. Through short, simple sentences and with beautiful illustrations, children will soon learn basic Chinese.
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Little Sea Otter tries everything to avoid going to sleep, including saying good night to all of the creatures above and below the ocean’s surface.
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Let’s all go on a hike! Spend some time outdoors which I’m sure you will like! A family adventure with so much to explore … Lots of fun in the sun, you can’t ask for much more! Let’s go on a hike is a sweet rhyming story all about family and appreciating nature, trails, and the outdoors. Learning Chinese has never been so easy and fun!
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This fun children’s picture book follows the story of cute little bunny, Jimmy. Jimmy doesn’t want to sleep in his own bed. Every night he sneaks into his parents’ room and falls asleep in their bed. Until one night something unexpected happened…
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Can you find it? This bilingual look and find book contains 12 fun and engaging scenes that will help your child discover and learn new Chinese vocabulary. Written in Traditional Chinese, Pinyin and English. Learning Chinese has never been easier. This book is perfect for non-native speakers to introduce the Chinese language to their children in a fun and easy way.
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Bath time becomes a thrilling, bubbly deep-sea adventure. Has a boy’s dream of meeting schools of ocean creatures really come true? Dive in to see…

