團圓書房 Reunion Press

圓圓,去上廁所吧! Yuán-yuán, qù shàng cèsuǒ ba! Yuan-Yuan Goes Potty

Traditional Chinese, Pinyin, and English — all on the same page. One book the whole family can read together, whatever each person reads best.

Yuan-Yuan the baby rabbit sitting happily on a small green potty, waving.
A page from the book showing the same sentence in Traditional Chinese, Pinyin, and English.

三種語言,同一頁 Sān zhǒng yǔyán, tóng yí yè Three languages, one page

Most bilingual books make you choose a side, or flip to a glossary at the back. This one doesn't. Every line appears three ways, stacked together:

Traditional Chinese for the child learning characters. Pinyin for the parent who speaks Mandarin but reads it slowly. English for everyone else at the table — the other parent, a grandparent-in-law, a friend at a playdate.

Nobody gets left out of the story, and nobody has to stop reading to look something up.

翻開看看 Fān kāi kàn kan Look inside

Yuan-Yuan is at Grandma's house. The nappy feels tight. Grandma smiles and says the sentence this whole book is named after.

Yuan-Yuan arriving at Grandma's house, hopping with joy. Yuan-Yuan in a bulky nappy, looking uncomfortable. Grandma clapping as Yuan-Yuan succeeds. Yuan-Yuan washing paws and eating warm tangyuan.
A full spread from the book, painted in soft watercolour with ink outlines.

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