Award Winning Children’s Author Chris Lin to Sign and Read at Two New York City Locations

July 10, 2008 - PRLog -- Ann Arbor, MI – Chris Lin, award-winning author of the acclaimed children’s book series Mandy and Pandy, will be holding three book signings/readings at two New York City locations.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008            Thursday, July 24, 2008
Borders: 10am and 2pm            Borders: 3:30pm
10 Columbus Circle               576 2nd Avenue
New York, NY     10019            New York, NY     10016

Mandy and Pandy is an exciting series of twelve educational children’s books, teaching parents and their children to speak Chinese starting with the award winning book Mandy and Pandy Say “Ni Hao Ma?”. These wonderful books not only include an accompanying CD, they also display Chinese characters as well as pin yin phonetics, which help the reader pronounce the Chinese characters.

Author and creator Chris Lin says he sees the importance of learning Chinese as a good foundation for future generations to communicate in a more global marketplace. Coinciding with the Beijing Olympics, books 3 and 4 are due to be released this month.  These are Mandy and Pandy “Visit China” and Mandy and Pandy “Play Sports.”

“Mandy and Pandy look 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 in New York as we continue on our journey.”

Mandy and Pandy has already been recognized as an 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.

Additional information on Mandy and Pandy may be obtained at http://www.mandyandpandy.com.