It is suitable for the children in international schools who have no Chinese background. The chief editor is the director of Chinese department in the American School in Shanghai. The whole series contains 4 textbooks, 1 teacher's book, and 3 reading books.
It does have english, pinyin and zhongwen.
Excellent book for beginner level.
Start with this series and add additional books that show pictures with vocabulary and do ROTE exercises to memorise.
Then work up to elementary/junior/senior levels.
by EVAA on 2017-07-21 10:37:35
The price is nice but no English translation.
by EVAA on 2017-07-21 10:36:37
The price is nice but no English translation is provided, which is not useful for non-native speakers.