A Vat of Water    by Lydia Lin
Price: Free! 300 words. Language: English. Published on February 3, 2011. Nonfiction » Language Instruction » Mandarin.
A well known story about a famous calligrapher in ancient China retold in simple Mandarin to serve as supplemental reading material for students of the Chinese language. The Chinese text is fully annotated with pinyin and English translation. The link for downloading a pinyin guide is provided.

Raising Bilingual Children: Tips and Experiences from a Mandarin Tiger Mom    by Vickie Tsui
Price: Free! 5230 words. Language: English. Published on June 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Parenting » Verbal skills.
A mother describes her personal experiences and tips to raising children bilingual in Chinese and English. The "Mandarin tiger mom" title comes from her passion and strict discipline in raising her sons to speak Mandarin while growing up in the United States with an all-American father. Of course, not everything is ideal, and the book also describes challenges she has faced.

Chinese Phrases for Greeting Cards    by Hongyang（Canada）/ 红洋（加拿大）
Price: Free! 2760 words. Language: English. Published on June 9, 2011. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.
Do you ever find yourself at a loss for Chinese words, phrases or sayings when you write greeting cards or occasion cards? The “Chinese Phrases For Greeting Cards” offers you great ideas on what to write in Chinese characters on a card for many occasions.

乐观是一种生命的动力 (Cheerfulness as a Life Power by Marden in Simplified Chinese Translation)    by Chu Dongwei
Price: Free! 21060 words. Language: Chinese (simplified). Published on February 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Language Instruction » Mandarin.
This is a Chinese translation of Orison Swett Marden's masterpiece Cheerfulness as a Life Power. Please download the free Gutenberg ebook for a comparative reading in English and Chinese. Potential readers: