The Qixi Festival - The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl + CD (Pre-Intermediate Level)

The Chinese Library Series is a collection of graded Chinese readers designed for kids and teenagers, consisting of six levels. There are stories about the life of modern teenagers, classical works, myths, legends, idiom stories and so on, which enable students to learn Chinese characters and words better, improve their Chinese competence and enhance their understanding of the Chinese culture while enjoying the joy of reading. The Qixi Festival: The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is a pre-intermediate (900 words) Chinese reader about the Qixi Festival, telling the love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, a story related to the origin of the festival. The story is told using concise language and fantastic illustrations. A wordlist is provided for the story in the book, and small exercises and a passage for extended reading are provided after the story to help students to do self-evaluations and teachers to conduct classroom activities. A free CD-ROM included narrates the story, the passage for extended reading and the wordlist in the book.