Award Winning Author Chris Lin will be in San Francisco

USA (SANEPR.com) March 18, 2008 -- Chris Lin, author of the iParenting Award winning Mandy and Pandy say“Ni Hao Ma?” launched the second book in the Mandy and Pandy series entitled Mandy and Pandy Play “Let's Count”. Lin will be in San Francisco for the Chinese Language Conference March 14-17th held at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District, 750 Kearny St. and will sponsor an Administrative Networking Reception at the event. Additionally, Chris will be at the Chinatown Library Branch on March 18th for a special event and reading from 11am – 2pm. Mandy and Pandy is an exciting series of twelve educational children’s books, teaching parents and their children to speak Chinese.

“We are delighted to be going to the Chinese Language Conference and particularly thrilled to be hosting an Administrative Networking Reception,” said Chris Lin, author and founder of Mandy and Pandy. “With more parents than ever adopting from China and Chinese becoming the universal language of business interest in Chinese is at an all time high. Additionally, with the Olympic Games being hosted in China, now more than ever we all have a reason to learn even a little bit of Chinese.”

The second book in the series, Mandy and Pandy “Let’s Count”, features Mandy and Pandy playing a counting game as they adventure through their neighborhood. Colorful and exciting illustrations make the travel enjoyable and educational while Mandy and Pandy learn to count from one through ten in Chinese. The book also features a captivating counting song to help children retain the numbers they have learned. Also included in this wonderful book is a number chart including Chinese characters and pin yin phonetics that help in correct pronunciation.

“Mandy and Pandy looks forward to helping teach Chinese to children and those who are young in their hearts,” said Lin. “Our year is full of appearances across the country and we are excited to be meeting new friends as we embark on our journey.”

Mandy and Pandy has been recognized as outstanding product by iParenting Media in the category of educational books for children as well as being nominated for several upcoming book awards. The iParenting Media award is considered one of the most prestigious awards for products for families.

The Chinese Language Conference is the largest national conference exclusively for promoting the teaching and learning of Chinese in the United States. Attending this Conference is a top priority for Chinese language educators and program administrators who are looking for materials to help them develop and expand Chinese language programs to meet the growing demand in the United States.

The Chinatown Branch Library is located at 1135 Powell Street. The event will consist of the reading of the Mandy and Pandy books as well as a visit from one of the main characters, Pandy.

More information on Mandy and Pandy can be found at www.mandyandpandy.com.

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