Ling's Tales is a series of illustrated picture books set in ancient China, following a curious young hero named Ling. Every book is bilingual, with the story told in English alongside Simplified Chinese and Pinyin so that young readers and their families can learn the pronunciation together.
David illustrated and wrote each story from his childhood memories of classic Chinese folktales, and Stacy adapted and translated the Chinese version. You can read every book in full for free on this website, or buy a printed copy on Amazon.
Book 1, The Emperor's Seed, is a story about honesty. Book 2, Weighing the Elephant, retells the famous story of how a clever idea solved an impossible problem. Book 3 is coming soon.
Between stories, try Ear Monkeys, a free ear-training game where a tree full of singing monkeys teaches children to recognise musical notes from A to G.