My son loved this book! The illustrations are very well done and my son loved finding things. I really liked how it taught him about the culture.

I received a complimentary review copy of #GoTinyTravelers China from #NetGalley

This book has excellent illustrations that accurately represent the diversity of the country. Each page spread depicts an aspect of the culture and has a couple of sentences describing it, as well as a "quest" to find an item specific to the country, and a "did you know" fact. Many aspects of the country are illustrated: arts and culture, food, historical/museums, leisure, etc. At the very end of the book, there is a spread with a world map so readers can see where the country is relative to others. This is a great book to educate children about other places, inspire interest in new topics, and to build empathy.

These books are seriously the cutest. With their colorful pictures and rhyming sentences, they’re a quick and easy read. They’re also educative and entertaining for both children and adults.

Fun and colorful educational book! A great book for early readers to learn about China. I wish there were more things to find in each picture and explanations about each "treasure" featured. All in all a really neat book!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley.

I think it's SO very important that children know about and understand other cultures, and this book series helps with that.
We loved this book, and we honestly cannot wait to purchase physical copies of the entire series!

Tiny Travelers China Treasure Quest by Steven Wolfe Pereira and Susie Jaramillo is another great addition to the Tiny Travelers series. They picked locations and activities that are interesting to both the child and the adult that may be reading the book to them, and they are accompanied by fun, colorful illustrations. The "find me" features on every page spread make sure the child can stay engaged in the reading through the entire book.

Leaves you eager to travel and curious to learn more!!

Note: this review applies to each and every book in this series that I have read - tiny travelers - China, Mexico, Puerto Rico

My Thoughts
First things first: the art is bright, colorful, delightful, eye-catching and the rhyming text is fun to read out loud! You will enjoy reading the words in other languages with the provided phonetics as well as looking for the hidden items and for those that are not.

As you go through the pages, the text and the detailed illustrations work together to teach the young armchair traveler very many things. These include words from the language, an introduction to interesting places in the country, traditions and events, wildlife, people, food, and more. It is truly amazing how much you can learn within the few pages of these board books, while maintaining cultural authenticity and accuracy.

I love that it includes things that most people first think of when they hear the name of the country (like the Great Wall of China or San Juan or the mariachis) and then the other equally wonderful things that make up that nation (like Wuling Mountains or Xochimilco or the Arecibo Planetary Radar). Curious now, aren’t you?:)

The Layout
The first page has the map of the featured country along with a useful fact card containing capital, language, currency, and population statistics. The ‘this-book-belongs-to’ is replaced with a ‘boarding pass’ where the tiny traveler (armchair one, in this case) can write his or her name. I am sure this format makes it exciting for kids – travel through the pages, earn those stamps on your book (and you can get free stickers for each book to stick on relevant pages), and complete your travel.

Each two-page spread has a similar layout with similar symbols across pages for ease of use. Each one includes
-the name of the specific place depicted on the page,
-the what-you-need-to-seek in a ‘stamp’ that you can put the free appropriate sticker on when found,
-a ‘Did you know’ fact box about something on the page,
labels to highlight items depicted (could be food, animals, places, etc) that inform the reader, and of course
-the detailed art work with the rhyming text taking center-stage, or well, spread across the two pages.

The last couple of pages include a checklist to see if the reader found everything and ends with the world map highlighting the featured country.

Conclusion
It is tough to represent a country within the confines of a children’s board book and there will always be lots of things that might be missing but this series does a great job of presenting it perfectly for the intended audience in a fun, interesting, and enriching way!

So, yes, these books are a wonderful addition to any library. So, if you have a child who enjoys learning about new places, or the search-and-find activities, or even if not, these books are going to be well-worth it.

They left me curious to learn more about everything mentioned, eager to travel and explore, and yes, hungry!

Disclaimer: Thank you to NetGalley for the digital review copies of the featured books. These thoughts are my honest opinions of each book

A 22 page board book for preschoolers and older. It is a bright, colorful book that serves as a good introduction to some important sights and Chinese traditions. Using the idea of a treasure hunt children look for Dragons kites on the page showing the Great Wall of China, red envelopes on the page that shows a family celebrating the Chinese New Year, a phoenix boat in the Dragon Boat festival, a red panda on the page with facts about pandas. There is also a colorful map that clearly shows where each of the main sights of significance are. At the end there is a key to verify where the treasures were found on each page.

What a delightful way to allow children to experience other countries and cultures. The pictures are bright and colorful. The text is simple and engaging and each page has a treasure to find. I would recommend this entire series! We will definitely read this over and over.

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This is the second book in the Treasure Quest series that I have read and reviewed. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. The information included would be great for younger elementary age children whether with parents or in a classroom setting. I do hope to see the series expand because it seems like a great way to show kids about their heritage also. My only wish for this book is for them to include English phonetic spellings of the Chinese words in the book to help students learn how to speak a little Chinese. They did this with the Puerto Rico book, and I loved it!

This book is both an educational trip through China, whose new year - the Year of the Rat started the day this review was posted, so 新年快乐 (shin yin kwai luh - that's happy new year in Chinese)!

The book consists of about a dozen pages of brightly-drawn and nicely-illustrated images of various places and landmarks in China along with happy kids visiting them. Each has interesting facts, along with Chinese words, their English translations and pronunciation, and a hidden treasure to be found.

This book was a fun treasure hunt and an educational trip. I commend it.

China is part of the curriculum in my district, so I wondered if this book would be helpful with teaching it. It definitely is! It’s filled with interesting facts and information, plus it has trivia and things to look for for! This is a very engaging and informational book.

This is a great addition to the Tiny Travelers series of books for kids. Designed to introduce children to China and the Chinese culture, the book does a great job of grabbing their attention with the bright and colorful pictures. The addition of the Chinese spellings for selected words was a fun addition. As an adult, I learned quite a bit that I didn't know! I know that kids will love reading this book and learning more about China!

Super fun and cute, especially loved the panda pages! Not a huge fan of all the rhyming in a kids nonfiction title but some kids will enjoy that a lot.

Tiny Travelers series is amazing. It is inspired by a world of cultures that it wants to introduce to little ones. This quality collection takes its readers on a fun-filled journey to discover what makes each country special.

The newest contribution is "Tiny Travelers China Treasure Quest."
The rhyming book explodes with vibrant colours and happiness. Each scenario immerses kids in a search-and-find adventure to find "treasures" (icons, animals, statues etc.) that are native to the country. China is an older country so it has a very rich cultural heritage.

In China, we say "ni hai" and that means "hello.'
Look for the treasures, they all have a glow.

Thus begins the discovery of: Shanghai, The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City, The Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese New Year, bamboo forests and pandas, Wuling Mountains, Chinese operas, and ping pong.

Maps are included and some vocabulary words are written in both Chinese and English. Kids will be entertained and educated as they are immersed in the wondrous Chinese culture.

"Xièxie or thank you,
my traveling friend.
Our amazing quest
has come to an end. "

Highly recommended. ( as is the whole series )

A nice introduction to kids about a country and culture they may not know about. They can learn new things and find items to find and seek activity. Learn new words and places.

This was my favorite of the three "Tiny Travelers" books that we read. It was a fun book for a child to learn a bit about another country. The book starts with a map of the country, which was nice because we got to see what it looked like. Each page highlights a special place in the country. The find and seek was a bit of a struggle, there was one page where it's asked us to find a specific building, but the page was full of buildings and they weren't labeled and we didn't know what we were looking for. We had to just move on to the next page.

I just reviewed Tiny Travelers China Treasure Quest by Steven Wolfe Pereira; Susie Jaramillo. #GoTinyTravelers #NetGalley

This is one interesting series. In a simple manner, the author point out the highlight of a nation: how they say hi, their customs, their celebrations, and also show the specialties of a nation.

The tiny travellers have reached China - and wow this is a large country; biggest one with 1.4 billion population.
The map shows how many other countries it shares borders with.
The guides are fun, with rhyming couplets describing the things you can see and places to visit.
Plus in each accompanying illustrations items to spot and find.
I was quite disappointed compared to say Mexico which I have previous read.
For China the pages are of things and places you mostly already know about China without having set foot in the country. The Great Wall. Pandas and The Forbidden City - sure they perhaps should be included but where are the learning outcomes and desire to find out more.
I appreciate travel has been restricted in previous times but the country is opening up. Yet this side of tourism isn't shared in any detail and there is little motivation to visit a special and magical place.
I liked the Shanghai page.
Wow! The largest city in the world.
The Chongqing page is an example of what I mean with a mountain top wonderland with splendid scenery and serious long cable cars.
Unfortunately this page is the exception and we are given Chinese New Year, Ping Pong and Dragon Boat Racing.
If this was the first book I bought it would be also my last. Mexico as said made me rave about these books and the potential to enlarge young minds and foster understanding and tolerance of other cultures. It left me wanting to jump on a plane and created a new itinerary for me with no reference to Cancun.
China does not feel me with the same enthusiasm which I think is a real missed opportunity.

Like the Mexico book in the same series, this little rhyming picture book is a lot of fun for young would-be travellers. Kids gets to explore some famous places in China, as well as learn about some customs and food. Pronunciation guides are included for some words, although the pronunciation guides almost need pronunciation guides of their own (they're not strictly phonetic and some of the letters have accents... so non-Chinese speakers will probably butcher the words if they try to speak them).

Still, the illustrations are charming and fun, and there's plenty to look at in the pictures. (The page with the food even made me kind of hungry!) I'd recommend this one for kids who enjoy seek-and-find books, as well as readers who like learning about different places around the world.