The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters
Christoph Niemann’s, The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters, in simple terms is an elaborate little big book that teaches western kids the beauty of Chinese characters. Christoph integrates the characters into nature to get a sense from where words and symbols originated. At one time there were 80 000 characters in the language, but most people can get by at least 3000. Modern Chinese has about 11 000 characters, some of the basic ones are covered in The Pet Dragon. The integration of story and knowledge of Chinese are simple and ease into young minds. Christoph’s uniformed simplicity in rich art is a compliment to the structure of a very ancient language. The archetypal formation of symmetric characters with objects and animals gives us a sense of a language deeply rooted in nature. Our own language is a hybrid of many cultures. The Chinese language is structured in phonics of image and sound. It’s reflects the society of disciplined thought and of government. The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters is a perfect stepping stone for kids to go the next level to discover the Chinese language that took shape since 1122 B.C. and still flourishes in the 21st century. Christoph Niemann is a veteran artist who now dabs in children’s literature and is making a splash for himself with well thought out illustrated books. This is a perfect edition for any parent who wants to teach kids a new language and read a standard modern folklore story to go along with the experience.
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