Introducing the new picture book of the Coobie series - What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat!

My first book of the Coobie series will soon be on the market. More picture books and activity books are also on the way. This story is to celebrate one of my favorite Chinese Traditional Festival - the Dragon Boat Festival - a day with lots of fun and great food.

What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat!

Theme: Understanding that making up excuses is irresponsible (Also introducing the Chinese festival, the Dragon Boat Festival)

Log line: Maxi, who always makes up excuses for things he doesn't want to do, finally takes the responsibility after breaking Minni's dragon boat in the race.

Chinese Vocabulary Taught in the Story:
huangse (yellow) hongse (red) luse (green) lanse (blue)

Synopsis:
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming! Both Maxi and Minni like the yellow perfume sachet so A-Bao proposes to a dragon boat race! The kids make their own dragon boat. However, Maxi doesn't listen to A-Bao's advice and his boat is totally dysfunctional. Not surprisingly, his dragon boat bumps into Minni's during the race and breaks her boat. What will Maxi do when Minni asks him to get her a new boat?

The Deluxe Pack
The Deluxe Pack includes a 28-pages picture book and a DVD(11-min animation). After watching the DVD, kids can try to tell the story with the help of the picture book.

The Activity Book
There are eighteen interesting activities in the book, which help children review the Chinese words they learn in the picture book. These carefully-designed activities make learning Chinese really fun and easy.