The Mandy and Pandy Team with Yao Ming! It was a privilege for Mandy and Pandy to meet with Yao Ming in person last week in Houston; he is down-to-earth, friendly, intelligent, cool, and funny! He is Chinese, and works to see that Chinese culture is preserved. He is expecting a baby (his first) girl in July, so he graciously accepted the 6 books and dolls as a gift for his child. He did peruse a couple books and complimented us saying, this is what we need… they are FUN!! The Houston Rockets Personnel Coaching Team suggested that Yao read the books to the community with the other players on the Rockets “Read to Achieve” program. The “Read to Achieve” program home is in Houston, and it will move to Shanghai this fall when the Rockets spend a month in China. After looking at the Snap! Let’s Go! our television trailer, he said he liked it, but remarked that the Dragon was not the kind of Dragon he was used to when he grew up watching Dragons in China. I told him we could change it, and he was glad. I said that we could show him the concept revised, and he said that he would welcome that opportunity. Finally, I invited him to be a voice on the cartoon, and he said that he would consider being a guest star on the show! Jia You! = Let’s Go
