Embarking on a wider Chinese reading journey with my three children after finishing the Sage Book Readers, we stumbled upon the Rainbow Dragon Levelled Readers on the Wawayaya JoyReader Pro app. For some reason I still don’t quite understand, all three of them love it. To the extent that they will fight to read it for their bedtime stories. If I say only 2 books, they will ask for more. Once, Da Bao read 20 of the Rainbow Dragon levelled readers in one go!
For my family, I have used these readers primarily for my children’s independent reading, and have found it to be very effective. Hence, I am recommending this set of readers to you today for your Chinese teaching needs.
So, the Rainbow Dragon levelled readers have been developed to help children between ages 6 to 11 (Primary age) learn to read. Their target population are children who are picking up Chinese as a foreign language, and you can see that consideration within the books. There are different nationalities depicted in the readers, bringing a healthy level of diversity into them. There are also an entire series of books about Chinese culture which I was delighted to see. You can read more about it on the publisher FLTRP (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) website.
*Please note that this is a recommendation for the level 1 Rainbow Dragon levelled readers, they have level 2 and 3 available as well, which we have not read.