Big Apple Chinese Readers is a graded Chinese reading series tailored to k-12 Chinese learners, comprising short texts phrased in simple, easy-to-understand language. There are five levels in total, with 20 books in per level. Topics increase in level of difficulty as readers progress to each higher level of language proficiency.
Topics are selected to begin with students’ personal life (Family and School), connected with social lives and cultural events, and finally leveled up to stories of historical figures, mythological characters, as well as Chinese idioms.
1. 自我介绍 Self-Introduction
2. 课外活动 After School Activities
3. 夏天运动 Summer Sports
4. 家人 My Family
5. 周末 Weekend
6. 新朋友 New Friends
7. 特别节日 Special Festival
8. 赢了 We Win
9. 新书包 New Schoolbag
10.感冒Catch a Cold
11.旗袍 Cheongsam
12.花木兰 Mulan
13.熊猫呢?Where is the Panda?
14.12和20 Twelve and Twenty
15.想家 Homesick
16.我迷路了 I am lost
17.让座 Offer a Seat
18.汉语课 Chinese Lesson
19.喜鹊 Magpies
20.夸父追日 Kua Fu Chasing the Sun