The Ransom of Red Chief: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1, Simplified Chinese Edition

I have read The Ransom of Red Chief and am reading it a second time. This book makes the eighth Mandarin Companion graded reader that I own and have read multiple times. Its a cute story and I like the illustrations...especially the one where 红猴 is sleeping while the 两个不怕死人 write the ransom note. He looked like an innocent toddler, while in the other illustrations he was obviously quite 厉害.  And poor 老马。。。 As always, the quality of the adaptation is high, and I keep recognizing new grammar with every reread.I am learning Chinese through several different avenues, trying to create an immersion situation for myself. I really appreciate having the Mandarin Companion books at my reading level, so that I can enjoy entertaining stories while learning and practicing.  I am eagerly looking forward to the next Mandarin Companion reader. Meanwhile, I will keep reading and rereading.If, like me, you have trouble seeing the tone marks in the glossary, get yourself a magnifier bookmark.

I've read several books from this collection in the last year and a half, since I started learning Mandarin, and I can't believe how much progress they've helped me make with my vocabulary. Where I had to constantly tap on the highlighted words to see their meaning, now I can almost read this book without searching the glossary. Can't wait to get started on the next level!

Great book for learning Mandarin. My daughter is studying this language and found it very helpful.

A funny, well written story at a declared complexity level. A great graded reader, as are most of Mandarin Companion readers.

This book is probably the most dull of the entire level 1 series. it is very easy to read for a very beginner. The grammar is very easy to follow and understand. but the story is very boring and uninteresting. It is very annoying because it keeps repeating the same over and over again.

These books are great for beginning Chinese readers. My boy likes them because he does not need to spend a lot of time looking up characters he does not recognize yet. Thanks to these books, he is able to build confidence and enjoy the story before taking on more challenging characters. He’ll get there eventually thanks to books like these.

It is a very good books for my kids to learn Chinese. It helps me a lot.

New updates are awful, my kindle dont recognize chinese anymore, so I can't look for unknown words. They told me this is due to updates, and they can't do anything. My kindle is now useless to me.

Tres agreable a lire et donne reellement la sensation que l'on commence a maitriser la lecture sans l'aide pu pinyin.J'ai litteralement avaler toute la collection et souhaite que d'autres publications voient le jour (au niveau superieur maintenant!!)Merci