[DeepL Translation - needs review] The story of a fourth-grade girl, Xiaoyu, and the legendary gods and beasts of the Forbidden City, a vast castle in Beijing.
Because her mother works in the Forbidden City, Xiaoyu spends every day after school in the Forbidden City. She is good friends with the animals in the Forbidden City.
One day, after finding a pair of beautiful stone earrings, Xiaoyu begins to hear the words of Lihua, a stray cat that she always feeds. ......
Many Chinese dragons, ph...
This book is based in mythology and kind of has a little of the fairy tale vibes, less realistic and more “letting your imagination go on a wander” sort of tale. It reminds me a lot of young children's books in English though not as gritty as our fairy tales. It’s a feel good story (from what I understood of it) but nothing inherently bad happens in it so if you’re looking for mortal peril, look elsewhere.
That being said, I did enjoy it but unsure how helpful it will be for language learning f