Children's Books About China
Explore 34 handpicked children's books set in and about China, chosen to help kids grow up curious about the wider world.
Books in this collection
Boxers Boxers Saints
Boxers Saints Boxed Set
Brush Of The Gods
Cang Jie, The Inventor of Chinese Characters: A Story in English and Chinese
Chengli And The Silk Road Caravan
Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance (Meadow Mouse Paperback)
Chinese Childrens Favorite Stories
D Is For Doufu An Alphabet Book Of Chinese Culture
Father’s Chinese Opera
Favorite Childrens Stories From China Tibet
Forbidden City A Novel Of Modern China
I See the Sun in China
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Ming’s Adventure in the Forbidden City: A Story in English and Chinese
Ming’s Adventure on China’s Great Wall: A Story in English and Chinese
Ming’s Kung Fu Adventure in the Shaolin Temple: A Zen Buddhist Tale in English and Chinese (Contemporary Writers)
Mings Adventure With Confucius In Qufu A Story In English And Chinese
My Face Book (Mandarin/English) (Mandingo Edition)
Saints Boxers Saints
Starry River of the Sky
Thanking The Moon Celebrating The Mid Autumn Moon Festival
The Empty Pot An Owlet Book
The Great Race
The Great Voyages Of Zheng He
The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China
The Little Monkey Kings Journey Stories Of The Chinese Zodiac Retold In English And Chinese
The Snake Goddess Colors the World: Stories of the Chinese Zodiac, A Chinese Tale Told in English and Chinese
The Water Dragon A Chinese Legend English And Chinese Bilingual Text
Tofu Quilt
When the Sea Turned to Silver
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Yum Yum Dim Sum (World Snacks)
Zheng He, The Great Chinese Explorer: A Bilingual Story of Adventure and Discovery (Chinese and English)
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Common questions
What ages are these books for?
Of the 34 books here, 2 are for ages 0-2, 6 for ages 3-5, 14 for ages 5-9, 5 for ages 8-12 and 6 for ages 11-14. The remaining 1 is not yet sorted by age.
Where should we start?
Three good first picks are A New Years Reunion A Chinese Story by Yu Li-Qiong, Boxers Boxers Saints by Gene Luen and Boxers Saints Boxed Set by Gene Luen Yang. All 34 books on this page are handpicked, so any of them is a fine place to begin.
Looking for more from the wider region?
All 34 of these books also appear in the broader East Asia and the Pacific collection, which has 98 books in total.
Are there bilingual, award-winning or folk-tale picks here?
Yes. This collection includes 12 bilingual editions, 2 books tagged award-winning by their publishers and 13 folk tales, fairy tales or myths.
Is every book here available?
Every book links to Amazon. 9 of the 34 are currently listed only on Amazon; the rest also link to Bookshop.org.