An Abridged version of short stories and novellas written by contemporary Chinese writer, reflceting everyday life of ordinary Chinese poeple;
The book contains around 3000 Chinese words based on the 1033 words of Level A and 2018 words of Level B listed in the HSK (The Chinese Proficiency Test) outlines;
The book focuses on concise and short sentences with complete structure, and commonly used words in high frequency;
Pinyin is added to the full text, English notes or sample sentences for difficult words and sentences are provided;
"Guide to Reading" and "About the Author" in English and "Questions" in Chinese follow each story;
With original illustrations for each story and narration included with CD (mp3).