Chinese Characters Guess and Learn 2-Book Set-Like Chinese

By: 小象汉字 Like ChineseOriginally Published in: ChinaFormat: HardcoverLanguage: Simplified ChinesePages per book: 260 Price per book: $23.25Lines per page: 0-2 After reviewing several sets of Chinese books which attempt to tell the origin stories of Chinese characters, we chose this set which was the 2017 Gold Medalist in the category of Best Chinese Original Children's Books： 汉字是画出来的 (hàn zì shì huà chū lái dí) Like Pictures, Like Chinese, and its sequel 汉字是拼出来的(hàn zì shì pīn chū lái dí) Like Puzzles, Like Chinese. The author 刘良鹏, a scholar of ancient oracle bone scripts, was inspired by his 3-year-old daughter to create these books to not only teach younger children Chinese Characters in a fun, engaging way but also to teach them the interconnections within the world around them.   His stunning, graceful illustrations and unprecedented child-focused interpretation of Chinese character origins quickly evolved into their own distinctive brand 小象汉字 (xiǎo xiàng hàn zì) "Like Chinese" in C