Newbie
I’m A Cat 1–5
Our easiest and most popular series. Based on 150 characters, this story is perfect for new Chinese learners to build reading confidence and experience the joy of reading.
Elementary
Butterfly Lovers
Based on a Classic Chinese legend, our 12 chapter story is adapted for elementary level students and reviews approximately 300 characters.
The Peach Colony
The Peach Colony is very well-known in China. This story is our adaption of this work written by Tao Yuanming, a literary scholar from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, based on a vocabulary of 300 characters.
Intermediate
The Fighting Cricket
This is our adaptation of Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling’s short story “The Fighting Cricket”. It reflects on the cruel society of the time, and how something as small as a cricket can cause one person’s death and another person’s fortune.
Three Kingdoms
For students interested in legends and history, this is our adaptation of the famous Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four great Chinese novels, based on a 600-word vocabulary.
Upper Intermediate
Chen Shimei
Chen Shimei’s is a household name in China, and often appears in Chinese operas. This story is adapted from the Ming Dynasty novel “Cases of Judge Bao” and is based on a vocabulary of 1,000 characters.
The Human Chair
“The Human Chair” is our HSK 4 level adaptation of this eerie short story by Japanese writer Edogawa Ranpo.
Avanced
Wen Ji
This story is an adaptation of the Qing Dynasty author Pu Songling’s short story “A Gentleman of Jiaping”, based on a vocabulary of 2500 characters.
Ghost Hand
“Ghost Hand” is a detective story by Sun Liaohong, written during the Golden Age of Chinese detective stories.