I’m so excited to launch the newest books in my “Gordon & Li Li” series in the city I’ve called home for the last 13 years…New York! I chose Chinese New Year 2009, to launch my first book, Words for Everyday by default. I missed my Christmas deadline and ended up not receiving my shipment until mid-January. As my mother taught me from an early age, to turn lemons into lemonade, I decided that Chinese New Year would be an even better launch date since my book is about learning Mandarin. So now, this is my official launch date for all future “Gordon & Li Li” books.
I kicked off the launch of “Gordon & Li Li: Learn Animals in Mandarin” and “Gordon & Li Li: Count in Mandarin” with a book reading at a charming new bookstore in Fort Greene called Greenlight Books. It was a joint Chinese New Year event with Lango Kids, a foreign language organization who specializes in Mandarin, Spanish & French. The children decorated Hong Bao (Lucky Red Envelopes) using glitter, sequins, stickers, and colored tissue paper. The event wrapped up with a Mandarin lesson from Gordon & Li Li. The children were excellent participants, as well as their parents.
