Ling & Ting
Not Exactly the Same!

A cute beginning book for new readers. What I like about Grace's work on Ling & Ting is that each chapter is a separate story and in the last chapter, she brings them all back together. The girls keep from being creepy which is a plus. My niece read this on her own and she said it was good enough. S......more

If you want to gauge the merit of a children’s author it’s easy as pie. Simply hand them a piece of paper and a pencil. Sit them down in a comfortable chair in front of a table. Now ask them to create a good easy-to-read book for children. I am personally convinced that this is probably the most dif......more

Ling and Ting are identical twins. They have the same brown eyes, the same pink cheeks, and the same black hair. But although they look so similar to one another, they are not exactly the same, something they often find they have to explain to others in these stories. Ling is good at sitting still,......more

Six short stories explore the activities of sisters Ling and Ting, who may be twins but aren’t exactly the same. For example, Ling makes smooth, tightly sealed dumplings while Ting makes full, fat dumplings. Working within the simple and repetitive sentence structures of the early reader genre, Lin......more

This was recommended as additional reading for my 5 yr old's lesson on Asia, and it was a good choice. Besides being a solid level 3 reader which is good practice for him, it tells about some of the customs typical in Asia such as using chopsticks. We plan on getting some chopsticks and having my so......more