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by Lacey Benard (Author), Lulu Cheng (Author), Lacey Benard (Illustrator)
For families looking for an engaging book introducing children to hot pot, a favorite interactive family meal. Bitty babes will learn all about the healthy ingredients and the steps to make the dish in two languages!
Swish, swish! Making the perfect hot pot meal is easy when you follow step-by-step directions!
Hot pot is one of the best interactive and enjoyable meals to share with family and friends. It's Time for Hot Pot is a bilingual English and Chinese book that takes children through the steps of making a hot pot meal and all of the ingredients that make it delicious. Children and adults alike will be delighted to see their favorite ingredients, and possibly some new ingredients they want to try in the future, when they turn the page. The book is full of eye-catching and vibrant pictures that improve observation skills, build vocabulary, and encourage reading.
It's Time for Hot Pot squeezes in lots of extra learning opportunities and skills, such as using time and order words, sequencing, and introducing a diagram on our non-fiction page in both English and Chinese.
Parents will adore this eye-catching bilingual Chinese-English read due to its effortless integration of Chinese culture paired with topic of everyone's favorite communal meal. (Not to mention the healthy variety of vegetables, proteins, and other ingredients that children will become familiar with by reading!) The vibrant colors and the expressive faces in the artwork make learning so much fun for everyone!
Author Biography
Meet Lulu Cheng, a wife, mom of 2 bitty babes, with her newest title - Bitty Bao Boss. Since her bitty babes were born, Lulu has worked hard to embed Chinese language and culture into everything that they do. Lulu's struggle to find cute bilingual Chinese books for her kids' bedtime soon evolved into a #bigbittydream to make Chinese board books of her own for families just like hers. She looks forward to sharing her journey of parenting, homemade Chinese teaching resources, and some late night bookmaking with you.
A firewife, mom of a wee bitty babe, and the other half of the dynamic Bitty Bao Duo - meet Lacey Benard. As an American-Born-Chinese woman, raised without the gift of Chinese as a second language, Lacey is hoping to now prioritize language acquisition for her bitty babe through bilingual books, cultural events, and their school district's Mandarin dual immersion program. Lacey can often be found in the middle of the night hand cutting tiny bits of paper into cute images for the Bitty Bao books and hopes that you enjoy seeing them come to life in the books as much as she does.
