My First Colors in Cantonese & English
In-stock in the UK (Bamboo Bilingual), Canada (Little Kozzi), Australia (Abbey’s). Most locations: Amazon. Also available by special order from most indie bookstores and major retailers.
My First Colors in Cantonese & English is unique in its focus on spoken Cantonese, not formal written Chinese. This book introduces Cantonese language and culture to preschool children, and is ideal for families who may not be fully fluent in spoken Cantonese or written Chinese.
Starting with “What is your favorite color?”, this picture book is full of conversational questions, phrases and words. Your toddler will be introduced to Cantonese culture – including red-and-gold New Year decorations, white steamed bread and brown moon cakes. You’ll also meet a purple seahorse, ask for a cyan pencil and show off a blue balloon. Introduces over 95 vocabulary words in a colorful, fun way.
Each phrase is written in traditional Chinese characters, Jyutping and alternate phonetic pronunciations, and English.
A free audio recording is included.
ISBN: 978-0999273050
What people are saying
In-stock in the UK (Bamboo Bilingual), Canada (Little Kozzi), Australia (Abbey’s). Most locations: Amazon. Also available by special order from most indie bookstores and major retailers.
“Colors are vivid, pictures representing the words are excellent. Each picture with clear chinese character, english phonetics for pronunciation, and the english translation. Each page also has a short sentence like “The chair is yellow”.
What surprised me most was the color coding of the sentences in Chinese and English to show the corresponding words given the different grammatical sentence structures.
If your kid is too young to read, it’s an excellent picture book that they can grow into reading the words later too.”
My First Colors in Cantonese & English
– 5-star review on Amazon
“This is another great book by the author on learning Cantonese for beginners and kids! Each color or color combination has its own 2-page spread filled with great photos and examples of that color.
So not only do you get to learn colors in Cantonese, but you also learn the words and a few other phrases of the associated objects of that color!
Overall, the layout of the photos in the book, the color schemes, and words and phrases are really well done. And it made it easy and fun to learn!”
My First Colors in Cantonese & English
– 5-star review on Amazon
Peek Inside this Bilingual Book!
In-stock in the UK (Bamboo Bilingual), Canada (Little Kozzi), Australia (Abbey’s). Most locations: Amazon. Also available by special order from most indie bookstores and major retailers.
In Spoken Cantonese, Jyutping and Alternate romanization & English
- All phrases are focused on everyday communication with your toddler
- Traditional Chinese characters and romanization are color-coded to English, making it easier for adults and kids to learn together
Color-coded phrases make learning easy
- Everyday life is colorful, and sometimes you just want to talk about more than one color.
- We’ve got you covered! This book includes common color combinations – including black and white, red and gold, and more!
FREE ONLINE AUDIO
- Our online audio makes learning to speak Cantonese fun and easy
In-stock in the UK (Bamboo Bilingual), Canada (Little Kozzi), Australia (Abbey’s). Most locations: Amazon. Also available by special order from most indie bookstores and major retailers.