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Metro Moms: Let Mandy and Pandy Take You to the Wonderful Country of China

Ben — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:22 +0000

Yao Ming Teaches Kids Chinese with Mandy and Pandy

Ben — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:00:38 +0000

Not only is Yao Ming a big name in basketball (as well as in general just big!), but he also has a big heart! As part of the NBA’s “Read to Achieve” program–a year round campaign dedicated to help promote life-long reading habits in young children–Yao Ming took time out of his busy schedule to read Mandy and Pandy Play Sports to a group of elementary school students in Houston, Texas. What’s great is not only is he encouraging young people to read more, but at the same time he’s sharing and teaching Chinese language to them as well.

Here are some pictures from the event:

The actual copy of Mandy and Pandy that Yao Ming touched

Yao intently reading out loud Mandy and Pandy

Yao Ming reading together with a student

The kids all wanted a group photo the towering Yao Ming

Thanks to Hai and the Read to Achieve Program that made this all possible!

Mama Sparkles Celebrates the Chinese New Year with Mandy and Pandy

Ben — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:00:49 +0000

The Chinese New Year is not just a celebration with a feast but is also full of traditions. Chinese Moms and Dads are eager to share and pass down these traditions to their own children. Mama Sparkles speaks of celebrating and commemorating such traditions with her son as well as enjoy the two new books from the Mandy and Pandy Series.

Mama Sparkles

Toy Book: The Mandy and Pandy Series, Thoughtful and Intelligent

Ben — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:00:07 +0000

The Toy Book showcases Mandy and Pandy’s success in teaching Chinese to youngsters of all nationalities. The Book Series provides the English phonetic pronunciation and the Chinese characters that is accompanied with a CD so kids can hear the language from a native Chinese speaker. Toy Book describes the duo’s adventures as fun and relatable where the selection of themes and words to learn is thoughtful and intelligent.

Toy Book Review

KTC: Just in Time for the Chinese New Year

Ben — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:00:23 +0000

The Chinese New Year celebration welcomes the Year of the Tiger. One of the means to celebrate this joyous occasion is by giving gifts. One of the meaningful gifts Chinese-American children may receive is the Mandy and Pandy Series. The series not only teaches the kids and interested adults the Chinese language but also brings them to exciting adventures led by Mandy and her sweet friend Panda named Pandy.

Kids’ Turn Central

What’s Hot for Creative Play Retailer? The Mandy and Pandy Series!

Ben — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:00:38 +0000

The Mandy and Pandy Series’ simplicity and ingenuity has landed itself on Creative Play Retailer What’s Hot page for the month of February 2010. Featured books were Mandy and Pandy Visit the Zoo and Mandy and Pandy Play “What colors do you see?”.

Creative Play Retailer What’s Hot

Chris Lin Visits OCDF

Ben — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:38:00 +0000

Mandy and Pandy author, Chris Lin visited OCDF with his daughter’s beloved friend, Pandy. Together, they met the kids who were enrolled in OCDF’s program and had fun spending time with each other and chatting about China and their experiences.

OCDF, which stands for Our Chinese Daughters Foundation, Inc., is nonprofit organization committed to supporting families who have adopted children from China. They have various programs being offered all year long. These include culture and tour programs as well as orphan support programs. They even help you adopt a Chinese orphan.

More about Chris Lin’s visit to OCDF on page 18-19.

OCDF Summer Fall

Busy Mommy Media’s Toy Fair Highlights

Ben — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Busy Mommy praises Mandy and Pandy for offering a resource for kids to learn the Chinese language. According to Busy Mommy, the Mandy and Pandy Series not only teaches a foreign language but also gives kids a thrilling adventure that they can listen to and go along with using the adorable illustrations the books provide.

Busy Mommy Media Highlights

Chris Lin Rocks Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Redwood City

Ben — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Redwood City warmly welcomed Mandy and Pandy series author Chris Lin for their event A Special Storytime last April 6, 2010. He enjoyed spending time with the kids and their parents. He shared some simple Chinese words and talked about his experience in writing the books. It must have been such a fun and learning experience for everyone there since most of the sets of book titles that were ordered for the event were sold out!

Courtney Ward, the Merchandise Manager for Barnes and Noble Booksellers, happily exclaimed, “It was our pleasure to have Chris Lin. The customers certainly enjoyed Chris as well as most of the titles I ordered for the event sold! What a great response! Again, we enjoyed having Chris at our store and he is always welcome to come back.”

Mandy and Pandy Participates in the International Toy Fair

Ben — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:00:57 +0000

Mandy and Pandy enthusiastically joined the 107th International Toy Fair that was held in New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center last February 14-17. The fair proudly showcased lots of toys in different sizes, colors and designs. This exciting event was sponsored by the Toy Industry Association (TIA).

Baby and Kids Toy Fair

Babble, Delighted with Mandy and Pandy Series

Ben — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:00:12 +0000

Babble, an online resource and community for new parents, has happily delved into the Mandy and Pandy series. They were truly delighted with the Chinese characters that are found in the book. The books and the audio CDs do not only help kids learn to speak Chinese, but also gives them the opportunity to learn how to write it.

Babble Review

Mandy and Pandy Snags the iParenting Media Award

Ben — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:00:43 +0000

iParenting Media bestows Chris Lin’s Mandy and Pandy series the iParenting Media Award for the most outstanding product in the category of educational books for children. It is also being nominated for several upcoming book awards. The iParenting Media award is considered one of the most prestigious awards of products for families.

090420 Press Release New York City

Book Buzz Reviews Mandy and Pandy Book

Ben — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:00:25 +0000

Book Buzz, a group from the Daily Record / Sunday News that talks about the books that they’re reading, buzzes about Mandy and Pandy and kids learning to speak and read in Chinese.

To read more about it, click here.

Mandy and Pandy Visit Cornerstone Elementary School

Ben — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:31:41 +0000

Cornerstone Elementary School is one of the leading Chinese elementary schools in Michigan led by Ms. Bai. The author Chris Lin got to spend fantastic time interacting with the children. The kids were as attentive and cooperative as they can be. Mr. Lin gave away some Mandy and Pandy books and stuffed toys especially to the kids who did well during the activity.

The best part of it was that Pandy was there to learn with the kids! When the activity was over, Pandy bonded with the children and had his pictures taken with them.

What a happy day that was for the children! So much for a fun learning experience. It was the most heavenly sight seeing Pandy and the children with huge smiles on their faces. Even Ms. Bai couldn’t take her hands off Pandy!

Mandy’s Zoo Adventure

Ben — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:57:07 +0000

“Mandy and Pandy Visit the Zoo” series was inspired by Chris Lin’s visit to the zoo with his daughter Mandy. It was a wonderful time for the father and daughter to deepen their bond and enjoy each other’s company in the midst of both popular and unusual animals.

Mandy was really thrilled to visit the zoo with her dad and her cousins. She took pleasure in interacting with a number of the animals as well as posed with some animal replicas like the turtle and the polar bear.

Like a little kid her age, she happily scampered around the zoo and darted from one place to another, her curiosity getting the best of her. Her daddy patiently and lovingly followed after her sharing tidbits of facts about the animals.

He also took the time to teach her the Chinese vocabulary for animals and she delightedly repeated these and called them by their Chinese name. She would then dash to the next animal in her line of sight and try to do the same thing or ask daddy if she forgot like when she went to look at the rhino.

By the end of the day, Mandy was exhausted from their trip. But this did not deter her to talk nonstop about her day’s experience all the way home.

That was truly one exciting trip that Mandy would never forget. Not only did she enjoy the zoo and her company – her dad, her cousins and the animals, but she also learned the Chinese vocabulary for animals.

Your kids can take part too in Mandy’s zoo adventure with Mandy and Pandy’s Visit the Zoo series.